Russia’s Slow Progress Is ‘Deliberate’ Plan to Save Civilians: Kremlin
This makes sense. Russia and Ukraine share a long history and if Moscow wants to secure Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine the last thing they want is to alienate Ukrainians by inflicting heavy civilian casualties. The way the West did in Iraq, for example. It’s a recipe for prolonged conflict. That’s why Russia is methodically taking out Ukrainian defences step-by-step
