Danish women turning 18 will be eligible to be entered into a draft lottery for military service that was previously ...

Under new rules passed by Denmark’s parliament earlier in June, Danish women who turn 18 after Tuesday will be entered into ...

The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a 42-year-old conscript in Kharkiv who was serving in a National Guard assault brigade and working for the Russians. Source: Security Service of Ukraine ...

On April 1, Russia began a new conscription drive with the goal of enlisting 160,000 military-age men between 18 and 30. It is the largest such call-up since 2011, aiming to fulfil last year’s ...

Putin orders Russian Army to conscript 160,000 more troops Defence Forces Tue 1 Apr Russian President Vladimir Putin last year ordered the military expand to 1.5 million active troops.

KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another 160,000 Russian citizens be called up to serve in the military, Russian news agency Interfax reported Monday. Russia drafts men aged 18 to ...

Russia still seems to have enough volunteers to fight in the war in Ukraine that it doesn’t have to use its annual conscript pool for that purpose.

Burilkov is one of the co-authors of a joint analysis by the Bruegel think-tank and the Kiel Institute, which estimates that Europe will need 300,000 additional troops to defend itself, on top of ...

After the Cold War, European countries systematically downsized their armies, with key players such as France suspending conscription and seeing a corresponding fall in the size of its armed forces - ...

Elena's son Valentin was killed after he was sent to Russia's Kursk region to guard the border. The bereaved mother believes he shouldn't have been put in that position as an 18-year-old conscript.