Putin's soldiers 'categorically refusing to deploy to front lines due to distrust of high command' 

Russia has stopped sending units into Ukraine because volunteer soldiers are ‘categorically refusing’ to fight, Kyiv has claimed.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that ‘distrust of the higher command’, fears about the huge death toll and the treatment of wounded soldiers are putting off troops from joining the front lines.

Ukraine’s push around Kharkiv is continuing to gain ground and stretch Russian forces who are surrendering en masse, leading some to hope that a…