Ukraine news LATEST: Desperate Putin ‘using conscripts’ as cannon fodder as Russia ‘sending soliders to their DEATHS’

ACCORDING to the British Ministry of Defence, Russia has begun using “mobilised reservists” in its battle on the Dnipro River due to “extremely low” manpower. Putin is reportedly sending these “poorly trained” soldiers to their deaths, as he desperately attempts to hold onto land in the region. According to the MoD, Russia will need to recruit “higher quality” soldiers if it hopes to secure the location. This comes as Ukraine’s steadfast president Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the “crazy” Kremlin for sending Russian troops “to their deaths.” “This is where the craziness of the Russian command is most evident. Day after day, for months, they are driving people to their deaths there, concentrating the highest level of artillery strikes,” Mr Zelensky said in his nightly address. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates…