went in all over the country, when they tried and failed to take the capital of kyiv. the new york times today, quote, russia has launched a new campaign with a narrow goal focus from early on capturing ukraine s east and it promises to be much more thought école, a current ukrainian u.s. officials. instead of like moscow s forces have increased their artillery barrages and sent small tetris of troops to probe ukrainian lines known as shaping operations in military circles. the smaller russian attacks are often precursors to larger troop movements, or serve as a distraction from other fronts. joining us now from kharkiv is the correspondent the new york times who s the lead byline thomas givens. mr. give us enough is the bureau chief of the new york times facing last time he brings unique experience to this reporting job he s also served our country as a marine infantrymen with two tours in afghanistan. mr. given snuff, thank you for joining us.
it s a big city, it s cosmopolitan city. it s being targeted with russian missile strikes today, reporters in the city of kharkiv say those strikes appear to have been aimed right into residential neighborhoods. in the city. the new york times had to reports out of kharkiv today, reporting one appears to be adjustments in the russian strategy in this part of the war. trying to avoid the same mistakes they made in their initial invasion, when they went in all over the country, when they tried and failed to take the capital of kyiv. the new york times today, quote, russia has launched a new campaign with a narrow goal focus from early on capturing ukraine s east and it promises to be much more thought école, a current ukrainian u.s. officials. instead of like moscow s forces have increased their artillery barrages and sent small detatches of troops to probe ukrainian lines known as shaping operations in military circles. the smaller russian attacks are often precursors to larger troop