The UK’s ministry of defence has said Russian forces are shelling Ukrainian cities “indiscriminately” as their advance stalls in eastern regions.
In a daily update posted to social media, defence officials say Russian shelling of a large number of cities has resulted in “widespread destruction” and huge numbers of civilian casualties, the BBC reports.
The post also said that Russian forces “are continuing to encircle a number of cities across eastern Ukraine” but noted that they have made just “limited progress” in capturing these key targets over the past week.
Official warned that it is likely Moscow’s forces will unleash “heavy firepower to support assaults on urban areas as it looks to limit its own already considerable losses, at the cost of further civilian casualties”.
A Ukrainian assessment released on Saturday claimed that over 14,000 Russian troops have been killed so far, though the BBC cannot independently verify this figure. Western officials believe at least 7,000 troops are dead.
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