Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia's 'special military operation' in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled. 9News
would continue until its goals are fulfilled, and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses.
For now, Putin's forces are gearing up for a major offensive in the Donbas. which has been torn by fighting between Russian-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces since 2014, and where Russia has recognised the separatists' claims of independence. Military strategists say Russian leaders appear to hope local support, logistics and terrain in the region favour Russia's larger and better-armed military, potentially allowing its troops to finally turn the tide in their favour.
That city has been razed in six weeks of pummelling by Russian troops that the mayor said Monday has left more than 10,000 civilians dead, their corpses "carpeted through the streets." Mayor Vadym Boychenko said the death toll in Mariupol alone could surpass 20,000 and gave new details of allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to dispose of the corpses.
Britain, meanwhile, has warned that Russia may use phosphorus bombs — whose use in civilian areas is banned under international law — in Mariupol.
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