Russia is suffering from "severe manpower shortages" in Ukraine, a US official told Reuters. The official said there is credible evidence suggesting Russia will soon enlist convicted criminals.

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Russian officials are trying to get homeless people to fight in Ukraine, according to a US official who also said that Russia is planning on enlisting convicted criminals. The unnamed US official ...

Authorities in St. Petersburg have tried to get homeless people to enlist as military recruits for the war in Ukraine, as Russian forces reel from huge troop losses, local media reported. The ...

Some do it for the money; others for the motherland. Still others because they “just don’t have anything else to do.” Whatever their motivation, an unknown number of Siberia’s homeless have signed ...

Here’s how bad the Kremlin’s recruiting problem is: the government has started going to shelters to try and get unhoused people to fill the ranks of its tattered contract army. Government officials in ...

In Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, authorities have launched a campaign to recruit homeless people, those with addictions, and pensioners for the war against Ukraine. The ...