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    Peril to civilians seen as Russia readies eastern Ukraine onslaught; Mariupol teeters

    by Nabih Bulos and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Apr 11, 2022 5 minutes
    An elderly woman gestures toward a partially destroyed five-story building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on April 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces will likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east.

    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 strategic port city of Mariupol. A Ukrainian marine brigade that described itself as among the last holdouts posted on Facebook that the unit had suffered a “mountain of wounded” and was running out of ammunition.

    “For some, death, and for some, captivity,” said the post, which criticized Ukrainian military higher-ups for not providing more weaponry and resources for the fight.

    Hours earlier, Zelenskyy said the city, the scene of one of the war’s most sustained and

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