BY A STAFF REPORTER: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Russian forces stationed in Ukraine. Russia's top military chiefs have visited Ukraine's front lines since thousands of Russian forces invaded ukraine a year ago, in what Moscow has called a "special military operation". "The Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, General Sergei Shoigu, visited the Forward Command Post of a Formation in the Eastern Military District towards south Donetsk," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "