Some became accomplished soldiers who fought in the vanguard of the Soviet army and notched up dozens of confirmed kills ... It was also far more difficult for contemporaries to accept women as ...

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition brings around two-man snipers teams from across both the U.S. armed forces and foreign special operations forces for ...

Facing a similar dilemma of refilling its military ranks, Ukraine has chosen to send women fighters to the frontlines. About 50,000 women served in the Ukrainian armed forces in 2024, and more ...

Russia has removed a senior commander from his post for making false claims about the progress of the war in parts of eastern Ukraine, according to military bloggers and Russian media. Colonel ...

Russia's mighty army was supposed to roll into Ukraine, take its capital, Kyiv, in 48 to 72 hours and conquer the entirety of its much smaller neighbor in 10 days, according to the British think ...

These women were not just part of the war ... Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Ukrainian sniper in the Soviet Army during World War II, credited with 309 kills, making her one of the top military ...

He later served as a sniper team leader with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment before briefly leaving the military. “It was the best time of my ...

By Anatoly Kurmanaev Reporting from Berlin Russia’s military made its largest territorial gains in more than two years in October, as it pressed farther into Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region ...

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.

THE UK has sanctioned Vladimir Putin’s 'Española’ private army of Nazi football ... out and also recruits women to fight in Putin’s war, training them as snipers. Lucas Webber, co-founder ...