and revising recruiting themes for a post-war context. While the Kremlin may have a strategy, will enough of the Russian population want to join the military when the war is over? The answer is ...

He was there to boost morale and hand out medals ... to hit Russian forces regrouping miles from the front lines, preparing for an expected new offensive. "That way, the war would be over quicker ...

(Serhiy Morgunov for The Washington Post ... for a medal ceremony near the front line in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia — continuing a military tradition dating back to Soviet times ...

The Russian missile ... s views of the war. But many in this grieving city, including Oleksandr, 38, have also directed their fury at the organizers of the military medal ceremony, which may ...

Plans fail, confusion takes hold, and military advances give way to periods of stalemate. Read: How and when the war ... Russia as a regional hegemon and its neighbors primarily as post-Soviet ...

2 Ukrainian Army Couples Who Met During War Tie the Knot in Double Wedding: 'Life Goes On' When live bidding for the medal began ... "critical articles on Russian military operations in Chechnya ...