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Putin said to be directly involved in moves in Donbas, where Russia is suffering major military setbacks, that would normally be decided by an officer in charge of 700 soldiers

President helping determine movement of Russian soldiers, say sources, as head of UK armed forces says Ukraine is winning

Mr Putin’s army is believed to have lost at least 15,000 troops since the invasion began on February 24

According to Ukrainian government sources Putin has purged the head of his army and fired a number of top commanders over failings in the ongoing invasion

Speculation about Valery Gerasimov comes after he was absent from Moscow Victory Day parade

When Vladimir Putin stood on a Red Square podium Monday, at the annual celebration of the Soviet victory in World War II over Nazi Germany, he looked weak and defensive.

Bato Basanov, 25, performed well in front of Russian officials during an international tank warfare competition last year, but his luck ran out when he got to a real battlefield

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that a number of Russian generals and leading figures were "turning in on themselves" as they seek to avoid becoming fall guys for Putin's stuttering invasion

The US Defense Department denied Thursday that it provided intelligence on the locations of Russian generals on the battlefield so that Ukrainian forces could kill them. Reacting to an explosive New York Times report on US support for Ukraine's military, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said it was true that the…

Al Jazeera recaps key events of week 10 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The United States believes that the Russian military's Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, visited Ukraine's Donbas region last week but cannot confirm media reports that he was wounded during fighting, a U.S. defense official said on Monday.