Russian soldiers forced to rape each other says report alleging brutal violence on Ukraine frontline

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A video shows fighters from Russia's Storm-Z squad explaining they will no longer fight in Ukraine, in protest at treatment by their commanders, on June 28.

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Russia is on course to lose 500,000 troops by end of 2024, after turning its forces into a 'low quality, high quantity mass army,' says UK intel

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Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Russia has lost 87% of the ground troops it had before its war on Ukraine, and two thirds of its tanks: CNN

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A man pushes his bike through the debris of destroyed Russian military vehicles on April 06, 2022, in Bucha, Ukraine.

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Russia is sending its injured and disabled soldiers back to the front lines to fight

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A girl stands near a billboard advertising a contract service in the armed forces of the Russian Federation for participation in a special military operation. St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Russian soldier says he was told to burn the personal belongings ID'ing his dead comrades, a report says

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Remains of killed Russian armed forces' soldiers buried in Luhansk.
Remains of killed Russian armed forces' soldiers buried in Luhansk.

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Russia has recruited over 100,000 prisoners for its 'human wave' assaults against Ukraine since the war began, reports say

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Four Ukrainian army soldiers of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade training with a tank in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on October 29, 2023.

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Russian troops are being blown up by their own minefields because their leaders won't say where they are, Ukraine says

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A sign warning of mines near Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 28, 2023.

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Russia's military is about to experience a 'renaissance of infantry combat,' milblogger says

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A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.

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Russian troops describe grueling conditions on the front line where they are 'wet from head to toe' and can't even boil a cup of tea, UK intel says

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Ukrainian soldiers in a trench under Russian shelling on the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers in a muddy trench in March show the difficult conditions both sides could face as winter arrives.

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Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.

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Russian troops during a military drill near the Chechen border on March 19, 2015.

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