In the coming weeks, russia may continue massive artillery strikes, trying to intensify the offensive in the Donbass, - reported by the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter.
"Russia is likely to make increasing use of indiscriminate artillery fire due to limited target detection capabilities and unwillingness to risk regular flights of combat aircraft outside its front lines," the statement said.
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 17 May 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) May 17, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/GwwPZ9lX8D
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According to intelligence, in the Chernihiv region north of Kyiv, about 3,500 buildings were destroyed or damaged during russia's attack on the Ukrainian capital, with 80% of the damage caused to residential buildings.
The scale of this damage indicates Russia's readiness to use artillery against human settlements with minimal discrimination or proportionality.
Yesterday the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain published the map of military operations in Ukraine.
On May 15, British intelligence reported that the offensive in Donbass was behind schedule and lost momentum. Despite small initial achievements, russia has not been able to achieve significant territorial gains in the Donbass over the past month, while maintaining a consistently high level of depletion.