US Politics | Ukraine news LIVE: Furious Putin puts ruthless ‘General Armageddon’ under pressure to deliver after Russia fled key city

PUTIN is furiously demanding his top general in Ukraine deliver results after Russian forces were forced into a humiliating retreat from Kherson. Sergei Surovikin, dubbed ...General Armageddon... by the Russian media due to his ruthlessness, is under increasing pressure to justify his retreat from Kherson last week. Surovikin called for the retreat, arguing it would allow the Kremlin to save valuable equipment and manpower. However, Russian losses continue to mount with them today passing 85,000, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. Now, some experts are suggesting an enraged Putin placed Surovikin in charge of the Russian forces in Ukraine simply to act as a ...fall guy... when the war inevitably goes wrong. ...It was obvious that Surovikin's appointment and the praise heaped upon him were at least partly due to the need to create a figure with a mandate for ...shameful' actions that Putin didn't want to take in his own name,... said Alexander Baunov, a former Russian diplomat. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates...