Global News spoke to three former members of the Afghan special forces who say Russia, through intermediaries in Iran, is trying to lure his former troops to the war in Ukraine.
In televised comments, General Sergei Surovikin, in overall command of the war, reported to Shoigu that it was no longer possible to keep Kherson city supplied.
Swamped by panicstricken requests for help to avoid being drafted, Russian lawyers say they are working flat out to offer advice to those at risk of being sent to fight in Ukraine.
NATO chief said Putin s moves demonstrated ‘that the war is not going according to his plans,’ Russian troops were ill-equipped and lacked proper command and control, and that it was clear that the Russian president had made ‘a big miscalculation’