Mariupol Teeters as Russia Readies Onslaught

“With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces would likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“Nearly seven weeks into the war, Russian forces, whose campaign has been marked by strategic stumbles, appeared poised to achieve a major objective: capturing the port city of Mariupol.”

Insider: U.K. intelligence warned that Russia may soon use phosphorus munitions in Mariupol.