The Latest Breaking News from Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu has not been seen for 12 days and old footage or pictures have been shown of him on TV, say reports in opposition media - he was mentioned in a Kremlin report on March 18 but no visuals of him were shown

Vladimir Putin was on Wednesday reported to be beginning a witch-hunt inside his own inner circle to find “guilty men” behind the failure of his war strategy in Ukraine.

The Russian president is said to be “incandescent” as his military plans were leaked to the West, who shared it with his Ukrainian enemies.

Gleb Irisov, a former military translator in Syria, quit as military correspondent at state-owned TASS, revealing several of his former army comrades died on the first day of the invasion

Gleb Irisov, 31, has quit and says many of his ex-colleagues opposed the war

Yet another Russian general, Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, is reported to have been killed by Ukrainian forces in a conflict that is less than a month old. Mordvichev’s death was announced on Ukraine social media on March 20 2022, but has yet to be confirmed by the Kremlin. His death, if…

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Russia says more than 16,000 people, mostly from the Middle East, have appealed to join fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light on Friday for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine, doubling down an invasion that the West says has been losing momentum. The move, just over two weeks since Putin ordered…

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light on Friday to bring in thousands of fighters from the Middle East to fight against Ukraine.