The Latest Breaking News from Sergei Shoigu

Vladimir Putin's puppet head of occupied city 'killed in car crash' as Russia retreats

Kirill Stremousov, the highly-visible deputy head of the occupying regime, has died as Ukraine is expected to launch a major counteroffensive in the region

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Russia orders troops to leave Ukrainian city of Kherson

Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine’s city of Kherson, the first major regional center seized in its invasion, in a highly symbolic setback for President Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Russia says it's withdrawing from the key city of Kherson, but Ukraine is skeptical

Russia announced a withdrawal from Kherson, Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government said there's "no signs" Russian forces left without a fight.

WEKU · Nov 9, 2022

Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson and take up defensive lines on the opposite bank of the River Dnipro.

Reuters · Nov 9, 2022

What Could Bring Putin Down?

Regime collapse is more likely than a coup.

Foreign Affairs · Nov 3, 2022

Ukraine recap: Russia's 'modern siege tactics' fail to break the people's will to resist

First, let’s clear up some unfinished business from last week. We reported here that Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, had been talking up the idea that Ukraine was planning to use a “dirty bomb” and specified a couple of facilities which he said were involved in the preparation of such…

The Conversation · Nov 3, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: What is a dirty bomb?

Moscow and Kyiv have accused the other of preparing to strike with weaponry with radioactive material

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Ukraine grain deal to resume on Wednesday -Turkey's Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Russian participation in a U.N.-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal was to resume on Wednesday.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022

Ukraine Grain Export Deal Back on Track as Russia Resumes Role

Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the sudden reversal after Türkiye and the United Nations helped keep Ukrainian grain flowing for several…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 2, 2022

Russia’s Wagner Group ‘have as much power in Kremlin as ministers’

Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells UK parliamentary group of ‘terrorism’ threat

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022