RUSSIA ADOPTING SYRIAN ‘SCORCHED-EARTH’ TACTICS IN BAKHMUT: KYIV

Mon 10 Apr 2023:

The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces says Russian troops have switched to “scorched earth” tactics in Bakhmut.

“The enemy switched to the so-called scorched earth tactics from Syria. It is destroying buildings and positions with air strikes and artillery fire,” said Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces.

Ukraine’s defence of the city of Bakhmut continued, he said, adding, “The situation is difficult but controllable.”

Syrskyi also said Moscow was bringing in special forces and airborne assault units to help its attack on the city as members of the Wagner military group had become “exhausted”.

Russia to overhaul air defence forces

Russia plans to overhaul and bolster its air defence forces after gaining new experience in the war in Ukraine and to counter Finland’s joining NATO, a commander in Russia’s aerospace forces said.

In an interview published with the Red Star newspaper, Lieutenant General Andrei Demin, deputy commander-in-chief of aerospace forces, said air defence forces had faced a number of challenges in the face of Ukrainian strikes.

Reforms “are undoubtedly planned and will be implemented,” Demin told the defence ministry’s newspaper.

“The purpose of the upcoming changes is the development of the armed forces, aimed at improving the air defence system of the Russian Federation.”

Demin said Russia would also bolster its defences after Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia, joined NATO.

“In these conditions, the air defence forces are working out issues of protecting the state border in the north-west of the country in accordance with the increased threat level,” Demin said.

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