Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is facing an intensified political pressure over a series of setbacks in Ukraine war. Powerful nationalist figures and lawmakers have openly slammed Russian military’s disorderly retreats in Ukraine. Western intel ag...

Russian troops pulled out from the key eastern city of Lyman after being encircled by Ukrainian forces. Moscow said its troops had “withdrawn to more favourable lines”, downplaying the latest Ukrainian victory. The head of the so-called Donetsk People’s R...