25 April, 2026

How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/31/world/europe/russia-military-abuse-soldiers.html

In hundreds of official complaints, inadvertently posted online by the Russian government, soldiers and their loved ones describe a lawless and violent military apparatus that abuses its own troops to maintain its assault in Ukraine.