Russia looks to be scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on consolidating control of eastern areas, but the UK has warned that the bombardment of cities is likely to continue for now.
Russia has previously pointed to far bigger ambitions but stiff resistance from Ukraine forces, logistical problems and reported low morale may have taken their toll.Ten humanitarian corridors confirmed for today
leave in private cars as Russian forces were not letting buses through their checkpoints around the southern port city. A US official, speaking anonymously, said their information indicated Russia had"certainly made [Donbas] a higher priority on their list", and was becoming more aggressive there. "Russian forces are proving reluctant to engage in large scale urban infantry operations, rather preferring to rely on the indiscriminate use of air and artillery bombardments in an attempt to demoralise defending forces.
It's another apparent boost for Ukraine, which also claimed to have destroyed a Russian landing ship near the coastal city of Berdyansk this week.
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