Already facing chronic power shortages in freezing temperatures, Kyiv’s energy infrastructure was once again the target of Russian drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles overnight on Jan. 13 which came just four days after the last mass attack.
Ballistic missile explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital at around 1:10 a.m. local time on Jan. 13, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground. Additional explosions were also heard around 8:30 a.m. local time.
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According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched 18 ballistic missiles, seven cruise missiles, as well as 293 Shahed-type drones. Energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts were also targeted.
Russia really wants this special 30 day operation to end, but is unwilling to just call it off, aren’t they?
Reminds me of accounts of ww2 mass bombings, which were largely ineffective and expensive, reportedly. Military production is back in hours, and civilians become that much more radicalized against the bombers.
It simply does not work to bomb civilian infrastructure, in addition to it being a monstrous act.
WW2 bombing was much less accurate, and hence more indiscriminate. We see a clear pattern here of targetting energy infrastructure over a long course of time, which in theory should disrupt things like R&D and defense production. Whilst you are likely correct about impact being short lived of each strike, the timescale and specivity of it is unprecedented I believe, likely leading to a much more effective campaign than 85 years ago wrt to military objectives. I’m sure that the people are also now so long suffering (The London Blitz was 9 months or so, Russia has hit Ukraine each winter for the past 3 years) that I’d be curious to know about resolve vs weariness vs preparedness
Has there been any other targetted prolonged campaign that we know of for a more direct comparison that we know of? Military history junkies are going to have a literal field day when the war ends, there are so many lessons and learnings to be had
True, the precision could be the difference in the end.
