Russia has ramped up 'targeting of civilian infrastructure even where it probably perceives no immediate military effect,' according to U.K. intelligence.
The U.K.'s Ministry of Defence said Sunday that as Russia"faces setbacks on the front lines," it"likely extended the locations it is prepared to strike in an attempt to directly undermine the morale of the Ukrainian people and government." It also mentioned Russia's attacks on Ukraine's electricity grid as well as its attack on a"dam on the Inhulets River Kryvyi Rih.
Above, a firefighter extinguishes a fire after a flat was hit by a missile in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Thursday. Russia's military is ramping up its targeting of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine as it"faces setbacks on the front lines," the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
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