Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Yevhen Kalashnikov found an opening to surrender to Ukrainian troops in April, he made a run for it. He says he darted ...

Russia has acknowledged the deaths of several of its conscripts in Ukraine. Russian media reports that these soldiers have been sent to the front without training. Source: BBC News Russian, citing ...

Earlier in July 2025, Burkina Faso authorities released five journalists and a human rights activist who had been unlawfully conscripted into the military after criticizing the country’s military ...