Mr Ousalice, of Southampton, was “over the moon” to get the medal back. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) previously admitted its policy had been “wrong, discriminatory and unjust”.

The Defence Ministry's TV channel showed Gerasimov pinning medals for courage onto the uniforms of a line of soldiers.

Russia's Top General Hands Out Medals to Troops in Kursk for Gains Against Ukraine, Defence Ministry Says MOSCOW (Reuters) - The chief of Russia's General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, has visited his ...

MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - The chief of Russia's General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, has visited his troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region and awarded medals to some of them after Moscow's ...