Russia’s lower house of parliament will consider summoning Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to face questioning over his disastrous military campaign in Ukraine.
It is virtually unknown for the State Duma to summon a defence minister to account for himself.
But Russia’s armed forces have been openly criticised by military commentators this week after losing control of large parts of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region to a lightning advance by Ukrainian forces.
Shoigu, who has held the defence post for 10…