Modern dance professional Polina Menshikh was on a morale-building visit to Russia’s elite 810th Marines when precision-guided rockets smashed the auditorium her troupe was performing in.
Kyiv has finally officially acknowledged that Ukrainian marines have established a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River – what happens next?
Unless the Kremlin can find a way to keep the reality of the front lines away from the public, it is unlikely to solve the problem of how to attract more men to fight in Ukraine.