Ukraine invasion: Russia launches 'war of the cities' as its forces shift to 'siege' tactics

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Ukraine invasion: Russia launches 'war of the cities' as its forces shift to 'siege' tactics
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Russian forces have met an outgunned but determined resistance in the capital Kyiv , but the change in strategy aims to 'break the spirit' of the Ukrainians who have fought 'ferociously' to defend their freedom and country, says a military expert

"So now they have gone to Plan A, which is what they know how to do, which is to move in more slowly with heavier armour - siege trains, as they say, down the Dnieper valley, in order to surround the big cities.

"That establishes contiguous territory between Russia and Crimea, and isolates Ukraine from the Sea of Azov," says Sir Richard. Sir Richard says Russian forces are encountering civilians in Kherson and other cities where military operations have been launched. There have also been reports of dozens of fatalities and residential buildings being hit in the city of 1.5 million people.

"What happens in Kharkiv in the next two or three days almost certainly will be what will happen in Kyiv probably sometime next week."Mariupol A statement added:"Deliberately, for seven days, they have been destroying the city's critical life-support infrastructure. We have no light, water or heat again."

When the Russians launched the operation to take the capital, they very quickly encountered a staunch Ukrainian resistance. A major assault on the city of three million was believed to be imminent but appears to have been delayed due to the"quite extraordinary logistical failures" of a 40-mile-long military convoy of Russian vehicles heading towards Kyiv which has virtually ground to a halt.

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