“The scale and strength of Ukraine’s resistance continues to surprise Russia,” the report said. Russia “has responded by targeting populated areas in many places, such as Kharkov, Chernihiv and Mariupol,” said British military intelligence. According to her, he probably wants to break Ukrainian morale.
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According to Britain, the Russians used a similar tactic in Chechnya in 1999 and in Syria in 2016, when, as now, the areas were shelled from the ground and from the air. Russia has repeatedly denied that civilian areas have targeted its attacks. As British intelligence added in its report, Russia’s approach is also slowed by the fact that Ukrainians have also focused on Russian supply routes.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, meanwhile, has called on world leaders to join a six-point plan to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine presented by London. The plan includes, among other things, humanitarian aid to the Ukrainians, support for their self-defense, as well as maximum economic pressure on Moscow.
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As Johnson said on Saturday, the invasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin must fail and be seen as a failure. “It is not enough to express support for the rules of international law, we must defend this international order against constant attempts to rewrite its rules by military force,” the British prime minister said in a statement.
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Johnson is expected to hold talks with the prime ministers of Canada and the Netherlands on Monday, followed by a host of representatives from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia on Tuesday, the countries to which most Ukrainian refugees are heading.
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