Russian forces have shown a “willingness to target civilian infrastructure on purpose,” a senior US defense official told reporters on Thursday. Earlier, the official said the US was seeing Russians target civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, but it was unclear whether it was intentional or not.
The source claimed that the Americans could see the Russians targeting civilian infrastructure on purpose by attacking structures such as “media towers and facilities”. They are also “hitting residential areas” and, in places like Kiev and Kharkiv, “hitting government infrastructure”.
“One of the things that we have certainly seen them do in places like Kiev and Kharkiv is to hit government infrastructure with increasing bombing, as we have seen in the last few days, when they got geographically closer to some of these population centers, the bombing increased,” the official said. .
“It is clear that they are trying to weaken the government structures that reside in these population centers,” the official added.
US and other Western officials told the CNN that Russia’s strategy in its war against Ukraine is shifting towards a “slow annihilation” of the Ukrainian military, warning that Russia could focus on bloody and deadly bombing of cities and civilian targets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that “all the targets we set [na Ucrânia] are being hit.” He also announced compensation in rubles to families of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. Today a new round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine takes place in Belarus.
“The special military operation is proceeding strictly according to plan, exactly on schedule. All the targets we set are being met. And a detailed report will be sent,” Putin said.
understand the conflict
After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn this Thursday (24), Russian forces began to bomb several regions of the country – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent).
What was seen in the following hours, however, was an attack on almost the entire Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.According to Ukrainian authorities, dozens of deaths were confirmed in the armies of both countries.
Source: CNN Brasil
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