[1/2] Russian President Vladimir Putin and Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, commander of Russian forces in Syria, attend a state awards ceremony for military personnel who served in Syria, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia December 28, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS Summary Top general argued for strategic but humiliating retreat Russian forces left west bank of River Dnipro as a result Russia war hawks rallied around General Sergei Surovikin But he's now under pressure to show battlefield results LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Russia's leading war hawks rallied behind the humiliating decision for Moscow's forces to retreat from the Ukrainian...