Russia Targets Ukrainian Civilian Areas in Shift to Demoralize Resistance – WSJ

KYIV, Ukraine Russian forces, frustrated in plans for a quick victory, shifted to a new strategy of pummeling civilian areas in an attempt to demoralize Ukrainian resistance and reignite its slowing military advance.

On Tuesday afternoon, Russia s Defense Ministry said it would strike Ukrainian intelligence and communications facilities in central Kyiv that it said are being used for information attacks against Russia, and urged residents living nearby to leave for their own safety. Western diplomats took the warning as a signal that a massive strike on Kyiv s residential areas was imminent. Some of the remaining staff at foreign embassies left Ukraine s capital.

Live-cam footage from Kharkiv s central Freedom Square showed a missile landing just outside the local government s headquarters at 8:01 a.m. local time, with a fireball charring nearby buildings and cars. Ukraine s national emergency service said seven people were killed and 24 injured in the strike.

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Targeting the most vulnerable.