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The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, has not been seen in public for over a week, according to reports and messages on Telegram.

Investigative journalists from the Russian independent news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo claimed on Wednesday that normally media savvy Shoigu has not appeared in public since March 11.

There are rumors that Shoigu is in poor health and that he might have been fired from the ministry and put on house arrest, according to Russian journalists. Fox News hasn't verified the allegations yet.

The top Russian general reported that they had captured the top Russian targets.

Shoigu was last seen in public on March 11 presenting awards to Russian troops occupying Ukraine, but what the West has condemned as a full-scale invasion of the country.

The Kremlin said in a statement on its website on March 18 that Shoigu was present during a meeting Putin called with members of his security council to discuss the progress of the special operation in Ukraine, but no photos or videos of the meeting were posted online.

The Russian state-run Channel 1 aired a broadcast on March 18 about Shoigu presenting military awards, but used an image of the ceremony that had already been posted on the Ministry of Defense website seven days earlier.

RIA has not reported about Shoigu since March 11. The first major city to be occupied by Russian forces on March 2 was Kherson.

The great PR minister Shoigu has been out of public space since March 11th.

There was a lot of Telegram chatter about the location of Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu, but he has not been seen with Putin in three days. Putin ordered Shoigu and the general staff of the armed forces of Russia to put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert.

The Russian investigative outlets reported that Gerasimov hasn't made any public appearances since March 11. According to Agenstvo, Shoigu has made media appearances a priority since becoming Minister of Defense in 2012 and had appeared on television nearly every day since the start of the invasion of Ukraine up until March 11.

Russian forces on the ground have stopped after suffering heavy casualties, while continuing their bombardment and air strikes against major population centers in Ukrainian cities.

Between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine according to NATO.

According to reports, Putin has been conducting a witch hunt within his own inner circle over the belief that those close to him are leaking information about his military plans to the West. At least five Russian generals have been claimed to have been killed by Ukrainian officials. Russian generals are being forced to advanced positions on the battlefields, leaving them exposed to attack, as they struggle to get orders to disorganized conscripted troops on the front lines, according to Foreign Policy Magazine.

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