Major General Vladimir Zavadsky was reportedly killed this week, the latest high-ranking official to die in Ukraine.

Video shows two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers being shot dead as they emerge from dugout near Avdiivka

In Russia, the pain and loss of the war in Ukraine are felt most profoundly in small villages, where a soldier’s burial produces not just grief but a yearning to find meaning in his death.

Ukraine says Russian troops committed war crime as video appears to show two men surrendering before being shot

The reported shooting took place near the town of Avdiivka - Ukraine's eastern stronghold that has recently seen fierce fighting Ukraine has launched an investigation after a video emerged purportedly showing Russian troops killing two Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered.

Russian forces eased attacks on the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday and unofficial reports from the region suggested they had failed to capture the devastated town of Maryinka to the southwest.

Footage was filmed close to Avdiivka this week, Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun, a spokesman for Ukraine's Tavria group of forces, told Newsweek.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000, to a total of 1.32 million.