The Russian military has stepped up its efforts to capture Ukrainian towns and villages in recent days, according to the Ukrainian military. “The occupying forces have significantly increased the number of attacks and assaults – for the second day in a row, the enemy has carried out 50 combat operations,” brigadier general Oleksandr Tarnavskyi wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday. Tarnavskyi, who is responsible for the front section in the south and south-east of Ukraine, said that the number of airstrikes has also increased. The figures cited by Tarnavskyi apparently refer to the souther…