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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Russian failures in Ukraine are forcing Moscow to give up on one of the biggest Putin-era military reforms

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President Vladimir Putin with military leaders at the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg in July.

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Video shows Russian soldier ranting about tank shells arriving with no explosives in them: 'With these rounds, we aren't going to win this war'

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A photograph shows tank shells at the front line in the Donetsk region in August.
A photograph shows tank shells at the front line in the Donetsk region in August 2023.

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