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Over the past six weeks, Russian troops have likely suffered "some of the highest" casualty rates in Ukraine, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Nov. 27. The heavy losses "have largely been caused" by Russia's offensive against Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, the ministry said.

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Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Russian Chechen special forces unit Akhmat, has said former Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) fighters are joining Akhmat en masse and are being deployed in the combat zone in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian news outlet published comments by a spokesperson for the nations security service last Friday alleging that the pro-Kremlin leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was in serious condition after an operation. Rumours about a kidney problem had been circling for months beforehand.

An exchange of fire has occurred between the Kadyrovites and representatives of the local so-called commandant's office in the occupied settlement of Urzuf near Mariupol, with casualties among the Russians and civilian population [Kadyrovites are pro-Russian Chechen forces led by Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader - ed.

Playgrounds, post offices, bus stops. A year on, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wrought death and destruction well beyond the front lines.

While the loss of Kharkiv in the northeast and Lyman in the Donetsk region, and now the pull-out from Kherson, are portraying Russia as a frail aggressor, security analysts suggest the war is far from over in Ukraine.

Chechnya and Syria, two of the territories where the Russian Armed Forces have been deeply involved in spreading terror in the war conflicts there, were the scenarios where Sergei Surovikin showed his terrible character on the battlefield during Russia's military offensives.

A growing list of failings and military defeats in Ukraine have spawned angry outbursts from members of the Russian elite – includi

A growing list of failings and military defeats in Ukraine have spawned angry outbursts from members of the Russian elite – including lawmakers, media figures and at least one former general – who generally…