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According to officials, Artur Sultangaliev was wounded and hospitalized with a serious illness in January. He died on September 24 and was buried on Monday.

When the unit came under fire, the "commanders, senior company officers...fled like rats, leaving the guys alone to die under shelling."

Independent news outlet Verstka reported that the figures may indirectly indicate the approximate scale of the Russian losses in the war.

Lance Corporal Madina Kabaloyeva is the first female soldier to be convicted for draft dodging, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The men were reportedly tasked with buying military equipment and they had been drinking at the time of the deadly explosion.

Border guard units are poorly equipped and without sufficient digital communications systems, drones, and medical supplies, a top think tank has said.

The diminishing morale of Moscow's forces "could threaten the stability of Russian defenses on multiple critical areas of the front," said the think tank.

Mobilized Ivan Alekseev was handed an 8-year prison sentence for fatally shooting a fellow soldier in January.

A number of videos have emerged showing frustrated soldiers complaining about the handling of the war since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.

Troops in Bakhmut told the mother of a killed soldier that his body had not been returned because it isn't "profitable" for the Kremlin.

Russia's airborne forces, the VDV, in Kherson had put forth an audio message threatening desertion.

Drone footage caught a lone soldier running before he tripped and was struck by a falling tree, reportedly near Bakhmut.

Some social media users have claimed that Russian forces in Ukraine "press their dead into meat cubes."

"Listen to us, we've got kids who care about us," said one fighter in a clip calling for help from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Several Russian troops have died while entire units have lost their combat capability, a military partisan movement has said.

Deputy Ukrainian Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Monday morning that Kyiv has so far retaken eight settlements in a counteroffensive.

Moscow lost 4,860 soldiers in the past week, including 1010 over the past 24 hours, according to Ukraine's military.

"We are ready to defend our homeland, but with proper supplies," a Russian unit deployed in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said.

The staggering losses have damaged the "organizational integrity" of the Russian Armed Forces, Pavel Luzin, a Russian political analyst, told Newsweek.

Russia has reportedly expended massive amounts of resources in Bakhmut, allegedly deploying Wagner troops with little direction or training.

Nearby residents said the soldiers knew the risks, but set up camp in the area anyway due to their own incompetence.

Russia's Defense Ministry has canceled the International Army Games, which it has organized annually since 2015, according to the British Ministry of Defense.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was seized by Russian forces in March 2022, just days after Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.

The 33-year-old who crashed the air defense system failed a breathalyzer test, according to a Russian Telegram channel.

Russia has rolled out a law making it tougher for citizens to avoid being called up for military service.

As Russia braces for Ukraine to launch its counteroffensive, the bloody battle for the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine continues to rage.

Investigators reportedly said the soldier violated combat duty when he did not prevent an attack on Russian territory in the spring of 2022.

RIA Novosti interviewed frustrated soldiers who were injured while fighting in Ukraine and didn't receive the compensation promised by Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin was "right" to start the war on February 24, 2022, Kremlin state TV host Vladimir Solovyov says he was told by a Russian officer.

Russia's recent record-breaking troop losses coincide with reports of a new offensive launched by Vladimir Putin.