Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 28 banned revealing information about troop deaths in "special operations" during peacetime, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Agence France-Presse: Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a ‘state secret’
Workers dig trenches on Ukrainian positions on the frontline of fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, near Artemivsk, on May 26.
