WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s growing reliance on longer-range strikes on Ukrainian targets is increasing the number of civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, the Pentagon said on Monday, stopping short of saying the casualties were intentional.
“More civilians are being killed and wounded … and Mr. Putin still has a choice,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt his invasion of Ukraine.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Leslie Adler)
