Russian channels are reporting that large portions of Moscow are currently without power, amidst a large-scale drone attack currently underway against the Russian capital by Ukraine,’ the account posted this evening.
Sharing images of the reported blackouts, Volodymyr Zelensky’s former press secretary, Iuliia Mendel, said: ‘Total blackout hits Moscow region is reported on social media: over 600,000 people plunged into darkness for more than four hours — no electricity, no mobile signal, total isolation.’
Make 'em feel it!
Something that surprised me about this war is that drones don’t seem to be as effective as I thought they would be. Like I thought it would be fairly simple to do something like this on day one.
Wars have a weird amount of holding back. Going after civilian infrastructure is often seen as “ungentlemanly”, basically bad PR. Most Ukraine attacks like this seem to be to prove they can, not to cause significant civilian damage.
Basically, Russia has a number of nasty options, currently unused. Ukraine is also unusually dependent of foreign help, and so it is vulnerable to the world opinion changing. Ukraine is mostly proving its threats are viable.