The Russian military is increasingly resorting to banned weapons in its confrontation with Ukrainian forces. Among these are tear gas grenades and even substances that hark back to World War I ...

Splits in Russia's army are deepening, as commanders increasingly refuse to carry out "suicidal" attacks - Ukrainian partisans have told the Express. The Russian Army has suffered appalling ...

After dropping a tear gas grenade, the Russians proceed to attack Ukrainian soldiers. Read also: Russian military accused of reviving WWI-era chemical warfare in Ukraine ...

Draconian legislation means that people can be jailed up to 15 years for criticizing the Russian army and the conflict, but others have been influenced by three years of powerful state media ...

Two Russian armies invaded German East Prussia in August 1914. Rennenkampf's First Army was to converge with the Samsonov's Second Army to give a two-to-one numerical superiority over the German ...

The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the ... A brilliant organiser and improviser, Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army.