The Pentagon now says that Russia is using medieval-style siege tactics as part of its plan to attack the city of Chernihiv in Ukraine.
Russian Attack On Chernihiv Details
Pentagon: Russia Using Siege Tactics To Attack Chernihiv. “While Russia’s advance on Ukrainian cities continued to be slowed by ferocious resistance from Ukrainian troops, as well as by Russia’s own logistical and sustainment challenges, the adoption of what a senior Defense Department official characterized as a “siege mentality” around Chernihiv opens a new shift in the war. Pentagon officials said previously that they expected Russia aimed to isolate and lay siege to Kyiv, the capital, as part of President Vladimir V. Putin’s effort to decapitate the democratically elected government of President Volodymyr Zelensky.” [NY Times]
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