Invaders turning to openly terrorist methods of warfare - General Staff
Russian invaders are resorting to outwardly terrorist warfare tools.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their latest update on the Russian invasion.
"The ninth day of the Ukrainian people's heroic resistance against the Russian military invasion continues (...) There have been changes in the tactics employed by the Russian criminals: after failing to fulfill the task of a military blitzkrieg, the Russian Federation is turning to openly terrorist methods of warfare in Ukraine," the statement said.
It is also noted that the increased share of tasks is now being performed by the enemy specops units as assault forces in the suburbs of settlements, as well as by airborne troops – to ensure construction of pontoon bridges over water obstacles. Also, Russian invaders put a major focus on intensifying measures of psychological influence on the local population and Ukrainian troops.
In addition, they note that the main goal of the enemy remains to take Kyiv under siege and weaken resistance in the blocked settlements. In the course of implementing this task, Russian army groups exhausted most of their operational reserves and began to transfer additional forces and resources from the Southern and Eastern military districts.
The second echelons and most of the operational reserves of the Russian armed forces have been put into operation.
In the Donetsk operational direction, the enemy is trying to keep Mariupol encircled with the help of six BTGs. To make up for the losses in the Donetsk region, Russian supervisors are bringing in Russian army servicemen to the Ilovaisk railway station.
The Black Sea Fleet was deployed from naval bases, tasked with striking the surface forces of the Navy's combined units, but more often it’s civilian ships and their crews that are targeted in the strikes of the Russian pirates.
Without abandoning their intentions to seize control of the Ukrainian Black Sea coast, the enemy forces continue to prepare for marines’ landing in the area of Zatoka – Chornomorsk. Within the specified plan, two of the enemy’s large landing ships are on standby off the coast 40 km east of Chornomorsk.
Up to 80 Russian journalists and a large group of "civilian activists" were brought to the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to further organize rallies of "local residents" in the newly occupied cities.
It is likely that in the near future, they will be brought to Kherson to stage rallies covered by propaganda media, to show "support" on the ground for the new “government” and legalize the occupation.
It is also reported that in the near future, Ukrainians should brace for a comprehensive, large-scale spread of fake news by enemy propaganda, which will involve a full range of modern media outlets.
Ukrainians are urged to remain vigilant, believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and consume information only from official and verified sources.
As reported, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine and launched a large-scale invasion. Russian troops are shelling and destroying infrastructure, massively shelling residential areas across Ukrainian cities and towns, using artillery, MLR systems, and ballistic missiles.
Martial law was imposed in the country and general mobilization was announced.
Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with the UN Criminal Court in The Hague.