Vladimir Putin’s orders have been defied by thousands of Russian doctors, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. The Russian President called for a partial mobilisation of his country in September 2022 – which allowed the Russian military to call up around
The Kremlin said Friday that a draft Russia-Ukraine agreement negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective talks to end the fighting that has dragged into a third year. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the draft document that
Ukraine has lowered the military draft age from 27 to 25, aiming to address depleted ranks due to over two years of war following Russia’s invasion. The new mobilization law came into force a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it.
The United States has submitted a new draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, which calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that is directly tied to a hostage release. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Saudi
The Danish government is seeking to boost military recruitment by extending conscription to women. In Denmark, only physically fit men over the age of 18 are currently mandated to do military service. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the new system would
Burma’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year. The conscription measure was activated
The Ukrainian government will seek to change its recruitment rules, potentially including an alteration to age requirements, to bolster the military against Russia’s invasion. “This law is necessary for the defense of our state and every soldier who is currently at the
President Jimmy Carter granted an unconditional and controversial pardon to the many thousands of men who dodged the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War on this day in history, Jan. 21, 1977. Ahead of the 1976 presidential election, then-candidate Carter promised
Meghan Markle is set to pen her own bombshell memoir following the success of Prince Harry’s Spare which was released in January 2023. The book gave insight into the royal’s life up until he chose to step down from senior duties and
Desperate Ukrainian men are fleeing their country through any means necessary to escape being drafted into the war with Russia. According to the BBC, some of the men have even gone as far as to swim across dangerous rivers to flee the