This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
As part of the work of the Interdepartmental Coordination Center under the Main Intelligence Directorate with the participation of the National Police of Ukraine, a conversation was intercepted of Oleg Karasev with his wife. He is a mobilized serviceman of the Russian army, who spoke about the instructions received by the Russian military on further actions in Ukraine.
From the conversation of the invaders, it becomes known that Russia purposefully switched to the tactics of destroying Ukrainian cities, and crimes against the civilian population on the direct instructions of the leadership, including President Vladimir Putin.
"Putin said, If we don’t do anything before May 10, then we will level everything to the ground. We are still trying to “liberate” Rubizhne, but we will level Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. We won’t try. Our contractors can't move forward. They settled in such a way that every day from tanks and from all..., and they don’t care... Our people are shot every day", says the invader.