Russia will continue to use its heavy firepower, – UK Ministry of Defence

Here is the MoD’s latest analysis:

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-Russia continues to besiege a number of major Ukrainian cities including Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol.

-Russian forces are proving reluctant to engage in large-scale urban infantry operations, rather preferring to rely on the indiscriminate use of air and artillery bombardments in an attempt to demoralise defending forces.

-It is likely Russia will continue to use its heavy firepower on urban areas as it looks to limit its own already considerable losses, at the cost of further civilian casualties.