Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Moscow’s forces bombarded numerous Ukrainian military sites, including troop concentrations and missile-warhead storage depots, in or near several cities or villages. Military experts said the Russians’ goal is to encircle Ukrainian troops from the north, south and east. It would also free up Russian troops to move elsewhere in the Donbas. A few thousand Ukrainian troops, by the Russians’ estimate, remained holed up in a sprawling Mariupol steel plant, representing what was believed to be the last major pocket of resistance in the city. There was no immediate response from the Ukrainian troops, but they have repeatedly vowed not to give up.

Source: Libya Today April 20, 2022 04:25 UTC