Alexandr Syrsky said some of the officers have lost control of the situation on the battlefield The incompetence of a number of local commanders is to blame for Kiev’s recent poor performance on the battlefield, especially in Donbass, where the country’s troops have been retreating recently, according to Ukraine’s top general Alexandr Syrsky.

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Only nations that do not enforce sanctions against the group’s members can be admitted, Russian Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov has said  Western countries don’t have a chance of joining BRICS as long as they pursue hostile policies against one of its members, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Friday.