Since the start of the war, the cities have repeatedly faced indiscriminate attacks from Russia. The cities of Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka are likely to be targeted by Russian authorities with similar levels of violence.

The U.K. Ministry of Defense reported this on Twitter.

"The combination of massive missile and artillery strikes and efforts to concentrate forces for an offensive represents a return to traditional Russian military doctrine," the report said.

However, as the British Defense Ministry points out, this will require significant force levels. The ongoing defense of Mariupol from the Ukrainian side currently restrains a significant number of Russian troops and equipment.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 14 April 2022<br> <br>Find out more about the UK government&#39;s response: <a href="https://t.co/vFayCbnSMF">https://t.co/vFayCbnSMF</a><br><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithUkraine</a>  <a href="https://t.co/tmpiigcR8c">pic.twitter.com/tmpiigcR8c</a></p>&mdash; Ministry of Defence  (@DefenceHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1514499594700398599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As a reminder, on April 8, the Russian occupants launched a missile attack on the train station in Kramatorsk, where thousands of people were waiting for an evacuation train. The death toll from the shelling of the station rose to 57 people, including five children.