Sergei Shoigu, Russia s defence minister, has tried to send a "business as usual" message since his deputy was arrested on a bribery charge. But the widening scandal looks bad for him too, and is seen as a push by a rival clan to dilute his power.
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service detained a sleeper agent of the Russia’s FSB Security Service, who was passing on information to the Russians necessary for a breakthrough in Kyiv's defenses in 2022, the SBU reported on Telegram.