Russia Expands Strike Area in Ukraine
Russia has expanded the front of strikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure by a significant proportion after the failures on the battlefield and is likely to expand it even further.
This was reported on Sunday by the military department of the UK.
Ukrainians who returned to the northeastern regions recaptured during the development of Kyiv earlier this month searched for their dead relatives and friends, while Russian artillery and aircraft continued to strike pockets on the frequency of Ukraine.
Five civilians have been killed in attacks by Russian troops in the eastern part of the Donetsk region over the past day, and in Nikopol, located to the west, several residential buildings, gas pipelines and power lines have appeared, handed over on Sunday by the governor of the district.
The UK Ministry of Defense said Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the power grid and a dam, have intensified over the past seven days.
“As Russia found itself with setbacks at the front, it probably expanded the zone, in terms of composition it turned out to be especially important, in particular, it approached the morale of the Ukrainian people and decisions,” the UK Department of Defense said in an official statement.
At the mass grave site in the forest on the outskirts of Izyum, there were 440 bodies, the cause of death. On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message that the bodies of 17 servicemen with signs of torture were also found.
The mayor of Izyum said on Sunday that work at the burial site would continue for another two weeks.
“The exhumation continues, the graves are being dug up, and all the remains are being transported in Kharkiv,” Valery Marchenko told state television.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the arrival of Ukrainian troops, countering that Moscow had given a more forceful response.
Such repeated outbursts raise fears that at some point he may resort to nuclear or chemical weapons.
Asked what he said to Putin in an interview on CBS on Saturday, President Joe Biden replied: “Don’t. No need. No need. It will change the nature of war like nothing has happened since World War II.”