Russia unleashed its largest attack in weeks on Ukraine, battering the war-torn country with over 60 missiles targeting key infrastructure.
The soldiers who left their posts are now being searched by separate divisions of the Russian guard.
Russians fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the war are part of the "Freedom of Russia" legion.
The incident happened in a compartment of a staff carriage of a military train at Misyash station in Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast on Dec. 23.
The new private military group was spotted near the Ukrainian city of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast.
On Tuesday, French police arrested a Ukrainian billionaire who is under investigation for participating in a scheme to embezzle $100 million.
Russian soldiers can now store their sperm in cryobanks free of charge, as 300,000 are mobilized to fight in Ukraine.
Dmitry Vasilets was the first Russian to be charged under the amended criminal Article 332, which makes military disobedience a criminal liability.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office estimated that Ukraine lost $3.2 million because of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov's illegal transactions.
A former captive accused Russian forces of only giving prisoners of war less than five minutes to eat.
The draft notice instructed the deceased child to report to the military registration and enlistment office in January 2023.
The soldiers revealed they were struggling with a lack of ammunition while fighting against Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut.
The chief of the cybersecurity department of the Security Service of Ukraine said Russia is carrying out an average of 10 cyberattacks daily.
The medals also allegedly contained the pro-war symbols Z and V.
Russia has fired volleys of cruise missiles and drones targeting critical Ukrainian infrastructure over the past months.
The FSB said the "saboteurs" were carrying German submachine guns and explosive devices.
Ukraine says that the Russian army has lost over 102,000 military personnel since February.
The 13-year-old boy from New Rochelle, New York, said he always reads The New York Times with his teacher and became vocal about current events.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that the world would continue to be on the verge of a Third World War if Russia did not get the security guarantees it wants.
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he "needs to come back to reality" before pursuing negotiations.
The return of basic military training in Russian schools is seen as a move to address the disappointing combat performance of Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
US Congress passed one bill and an addendum Thursday that would grant the Justice Department additional tools to prosecute war criminals.