The cold logic behind Russia's crude, nihilistic tactics in Ukraine | Jack Watling

Constant bombardment threatens to produce a stalemate that would cost Kyiv dear economically and politically Russia's offensive in the Donbas region is making slow progress. Having rushed to launch the operation to avoid giving Ukraine time to bring up new weapons from the west, Russia has found that its depleted and exhausted units are unwilling and unable to assault Ukrainian positions without incurring unacceptable losses. The Russian army has, therefore, fallen back on the mass application o...