Some Russian recruits say they were given less than two weeks of preparation before being sent into combat.

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

Mass Russian drone strikes hit Ukraine’s Odesa region overnight, killing one and injuring six, damaging port and energy sites and disrupting basic city services.

They responded to attractive ads for civilian jobs, but they were sent to the frontlines in the deadliest war in Europe since ...