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Russian troops are using quad bikes for nighttime attacks, with the bikes' maneuverability making them hard to take out, Ukrainian soldiers told CNN.

Two Russian servicemen, Colonel Anatoliy Bondarev and Major Dmytriy Dmytrakov, have been sentenced to four years in prison by the 2nd Western Military District Court in Moscow, Russian propaganda outlet Kommersant reported on Dec. 6.

A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the latest crackdown on free speech. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022 and charged with spreading false information about the military after replacing tiny price tags with ones that decried Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Skochilenko's arrest came about a month after authorities adopted...

The attacks have coincided with recent changes to Russia's conscription eligibility amid its mounting manpower problems in Ukraine.

"No one wants to serve," Ukrainian authorities claimed.

Vladimir Putin is expected to meet on Sunday with mothers whose sons have been mobilized to fight in Ukraine.

The Russian conscripts are reportedly being held in a basement in the village of Zavitne Bazhannia in Donetsk Oblast.

One of the mobilized soldiers involved in the protest said they were promised a payment of $4,800 to be given days after enlisting in the military.

Two pro-war Russian bloggers said that coffins containing the bodies of men conscripted following President Vladimir Putins partial mobilization order were already being flown back to Russia from

The General Staff of the Armed Forces said on Thursday there was "extremely low morale" among Russian recruits.