Russia-Ukraine live updates: U.S. expects ‘same brutal tactics’ as Russian troops pivot to Donbas

Russia is resupplying and reinforcing its troops positioned in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, with the town of Izyum, some 70 miles southeast of Kharkiv, likely to become a staging point for further attacks on southern cities, the Pentagon said Monday.

Even as Moscow pivots away from northern cities such as Kyiv and appoints a new general to oversee the invasion, Washington is warning that the “same brutal tactics, that same disregard for civilian life and civilian infrastructure, will probably continue.”