A Senior British defense official stated today that the Russia is now waging a war of attrition on Ukraine which will increase disasters and civilian casualties.
“Russian operations have changed,” said Jim Hawkenhul, head of defense intelligence for the British intelligence service MI-6, during a press conference. Kremlin “Is now pursuing a strategy of decay” after failing to achieve its “original goals”.
“This will include the irresponsible and indiscriminate use of firepower” and “will result in more civilian casualties, the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure “and will intensify the humanitarian crisis,” he warned.
While the Ukrainians stated today that they are recovering territory from the Russians in its vicinity Kievthe NATO announced its intention to step up its support for Ukraine on the eve of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s emergency summit in Brussels, a month after the start of the Russian invasion.
His chief of staff Ukrainian President called on Westerners to hand over “offensive weapons”, a “means of deterrence” against Moscow.
According to Hokenhul, the Russian President Putin has tightened control of the media in his country in order to hide the operational problems and the heavy losses suffered by the Russian forces.
A western official also told reporters that the Moscow mobilizes therefore reserves, but that they will most likely be poorly equipped and less experienced than professional soldiers.
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