Category: Independent EU News

Putin faces more blows as his new commander admits situation is now ‘difficult’

The pair exhanged vodka and ‘sweet letters’

Russian general admits Moscow’s position is ‘tense’ as Putin faces more defeat

Ukraine continues effort to retake ‘annexed’ areas from Russia

Eurostar cancels some trains between London and Paris due to industrial action

Moscow continues to deny any involvement in the ruptures

Kyiv accuses Russia of attacking Ukraine using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks

It comes as Nato and Moscow conduct test nuclear exercises this week

Driven back in other areas, Russian forces are bombarding this part of Ukraine, with towns and villages caught in the crossfire, as Kim Sengupta reports from Krasnohorivka

Ukraine says more than 65,000 Russian soldiers killed in war so far, around 7,000 more than US fatalities in Vietnam conflict spanning 20 years