Russian officers are said to be in disarray after Vladimir Putin has taken direct control of the military campaign in Ukraine after he allegedly lost patience with top brass. A senior EU source has said that the Russian President has "now taken day-to-day control of the conflict," leaving Russian officers in Ukraine shocked.Putin is said to have given his officers an ambitious new goal and series of war demands that must be fulfilled before the Victory Day celebrations, scheduled for May 9.Orders insist that Russian forces must capture and occupy the city of Kryvyi Rih, the birthplace of Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Should Kryvyi Rih fall to Russian forces, it is said that Putin would be given a major boost in war propaganda, marking the invasion of Zelensky's birthplace.But Russian officers are said to have been left in dismay at the prospect of having to seize the city before Victory Day.
