Ukraine says Russia trying to move war into 'protracted phase'

Ukraine's defense minister on Friday said he believed the Kremlin was trying to move the war into a "protracted phase" by building layered defenses in occupied regions in the south of the country.

"The Kremlin is trying to move the war into a protracted phase," Reznikov told the GLOBSEC 2022 Bratislava Forum by video link.

"Instead of advancing, the Russian armies are constructing layered defenses" in southern occupied regions, primarily Kherson, he said.