IAN BIRRELL: More than 500 conscripts from one Russian battalion were slaughtered in 72 hours after being dumped on the front line and told to dig trenches with just three shovels between them.
IAN BIRRELL: For Ukrainians, Putin s torture invasion started eight years ago when little green men suddenly began blocking roads and seizing government buildings in Crimea.
Ukraine s head of military intelligence, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, has questioned whether the real Putin still exists claiming the Russian leader has at least three body doubles.