M ore than 18,000 Russian soldiers have been reported to the courts for being absent without leave since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the UK says. According to the latest update on X from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), 18,159 troops have been faced with a decade-long prison sentence for going AWOL between February 2022 and May 2025.

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Juraj Blanár, Slovakia's foreign minister, said the West could "perhaps even forgive" Russia if it led to peace talks.