Russian soldiers at home have been killing, maiming, raping and looting at record rates since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The order, signed by Ryazan's governor, instructs companies to select two to five workers who might be candidates for contract military service.

Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for talks with U.S. envoys trying to mediate an end to Moscow’s invasion.

After Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia is expanding its wartime ties with Iran, leading scholars agreed this axis presents an exploding threat to all Western democracies.