A Russian military leader has branded the Ukraine invasion a failure on live TV, as Putin's grip on his troops unravels.
Commander Igor Girkin, also known by his military alias Igor Strelkov, admitted that Vladimir Putin had failed to achieve strategic success anywhere in Ukraine so far.
Since launching their attack last month, Russia has been unable to capture the capital of Kyiv or make significant advances with the UK's Ministry of Defence calling the battlefield in the north of the country "largely static".
