With his "Farewell to Arms" initiative, Alexander, a deserter from the Russian army who fought in Ukraine, aims to inspire ...

BEAUREGARD, not ready to force them, yielded and left it optional with the people. The deserters say there is a growing Union sentiment among the suffering, starving inhabitants, and the entrance ...

France has become the first EU country to admit former Russian soldiers without ID who oppose the Ukraine war and who now ...

However, in a landmark case, France has allowed several Russian army deserters to enter the country to seek refugee status. Anti-war activists hope it will prompt more Russian soldiers to flee.

It's an incredibly dangerous task for everyone involved and if caught, deserters can face up to 15 years in prison. Those seeking help and the volunteers know it, but it's a risk they are all ...

According to Mediazona, since the beginning of the year until August, about 5,200 criminal cases of desertion have been filed with Russian military courts, a figure hugher than for all of last year.

Six Russian soldiers who fled the fighting in Ukraine have found refuge in France and hope to receive asylum, in a landmark case of Russian deserters being welcomed in an EU country as a group.

The desertion comes amid reports that Russia's army is forming a unit of 3,000 North Korean soldiers as concerns grow that Pyongyang is forming a close military alliance with the Kremlin.