
LONDON — British army officers on Sunday in comparison Russia’s techniques in Ukraine to these utilized in Chechnya and Syria, the place towns had been bombarded and closely broken after Russian forces confronted sudden resistance from their defenders.
The power of Ukrainian resistance continues to wonder Russian forces and they’ve answered through focused on populated spaces, together with the towns of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol, Britain’s Ministry of Protection stated in its day by day intelligence briefing.
“That is more likely to constitute an effort to wreck Ukrainian morale,” the ministry stated in a observation. “Russia has used an identical techniques in Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016, using each air and ground-based munitions.”
Russia’s advance has been slowed through assaults on its provide strains, the ministry stated. In consequence, there’s a “life like chance” that Russia is now looking to cover gas vans to cut back losses.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s high minister has returned from a wonder go back and forth to Russia the place he met President Vladimir Putin and mentioned the battle in Ukraine.
Naftali Bennett flew to Moscow on Saturday, the place he met the Russian chief for 3 hours. The go back and forth used to be made “in coordination and with the blessing” of the Biden management, in step with Bennett’s workplace.