Russia have faced great calamity after fighting with Ukraine.

Friendly fire has downed planes, and Russia’s “command and control is in turmoil,” according to GCHQ chief Sir Jeremy Fleming.

Russian soldiers have left the posts and were forced to step back after encountering stiff opposition. Trostyanets, a strategically vital town in the north-east, has been retaken, with the occupying soldiers departing, leaving their uniforms behind.

But, as what was supposed to be a lightning conflict drags on, Putin’s frightened generals keep the amount of combat casualties from him.