Vladimir Putin's right-hand man has issued an order banning beards, saying troops must be clean-shaven on the battlefield in Ukraine.
General Valery Gerasimov, the newly appointed war commander for Russian forces, has ordered soldiers to improve their "day-to-day discipline" and has clamped down on uniform enforcement.
According to the British Ministry of Defence, Gen Gerasimov has ordered Russian soldiers to stop wearing “non-regulation uniform, travelling in civilian vehicles and using mobile phones”.
