Mikhail Khodaryonok told his co-hosts and viewers not to take "information tranquilizers." On Thursday, he was boasting about Russia's military strength and downplaying western weapons. A retired ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China ...

Russian State TV analyst Mikhail Khodaryonok gave a damning assessment on Monday of Russia’s operations in Ukraine, saying that it “will frankly get worse.” The analysis was translated by the BBC’s ...

The retired Russian colonel who said last week that Russia needs to "replenish" its losses in Ukraine has returned to state television with a new warning for the Kremlin – that the situation "will get ...

A video has emerged purportedly showing retired Russian Col. Mikhail Khodaryonok admitting on state television that his country needs to "replenish the losses in terms of personnel, weapons and ...

When a prominent Russian reserve colonel went on one of the most widely watched political talk shows in Russia a few days ago to say that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine wasn’t going quite as the Kremlin ...

Russian-speaking social media users have been left surprised at the damning critique of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine offered by a military analyst on a Kremlin propaganda TV channel. The candor of ...

A military analyst on one of Russian state television’s most popular networks left his fellow panelists in stunned silence Monday when he said that the conflict in Ukraine was deteriorating for Russia ...

A prominent Russian military analyst had an honest take about Russian military failures on state TV. Russian columnist Mikhail Khodaryonok said that Russians "should not take information tranquilizers ...

A former Russian colonel openly criticized the Ukraine war on state TV on Monday. Mikhail Khodaryonok told his co-hosts and viewers not to take "information tranquilizers." On Thursday, he was ...