Frustrated by fierce Ukrainian resistance, Russian forces are now fighting a war of attrition and resorting to “reckless and indiscriminate use of firepower” that will result in more civilian casualties, a top British general has warned.
The UK’s chief of defence intelligence, Lieutenant General Sir Jim Hockenhull, said the Kremlin had been surprised by Ukraine’s military defiance and beset by problems of its own making, prompting a change in tactics more than three weeks into the invasion.
