New recruit Vitalii Yalovyi knew one thing after completing the Ukrainian military's boot camp: He was not prepared for war.

Russian citizens called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilisation have begun intensive combat training in the zone of the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine. Footage of the ...

Training hundreds of thousands of soldiers isn’t just about teaching them to fight — it’s about preparing them for a battlefield where nothing goes as planned. According to a Russian defense official, ...