Russian commander admits situation is ‘tense’ in Ukraine; mass evacuation begins from occupied Kherson

Major elements of Russia’s military leadership are increasingly dysfunctional, according to the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence, which said that, at the tactical level, “there is almost certainly a worsening shortage of capable Russian junior officers to organise and lead newly mobilised reservists.”

It cited an incident last week in which a Russian recruit shot dead 11 other Russian soldiers…