Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire ...

and former defense minister Sergei Shoigu, will also join the commission that Putin helms, according to a presidential decree published on Friday. “Siloviki,” the Russian term for people in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's high-level military purge of his top officials continued on Thursday with the arrest of the country's former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov. Russia's ...

Putin ordered another official expansion of 170,000 troops, bringing the total to 1.32 million. Russia’s casualty numbers remain shrouded in secrecy. In September 2022, Russian Defense Minister ...

Vladimir Putin ... deputy minister in June. The MoD said her new job is a prominent role that's "elevated above ordinary deputy defence minister" and involves overseeing the Russian defense ...

Ukraine's surprise assault on Russia earlier this month has weakened Vladimir Putin's grip over Russia, the Defence Secretary has said. In an article for The Telegraph, John Healey said the ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius shrugged off Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat of retaliation should Western allies allow Ukraine to use their long-range missiles to strike targets ...

Latvia should make conscription mandatory for women, the Baltic country’s defense minister said Tuesday ... Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...