According to the report of the British Ministry of Defence on October 18, 2022, Russia is attacking Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure due to battlefield failures to cause widespread damage to the energy distribution network of Ukraine.
Source: The British Ministry of Defence
Since October 10, Russia has maintained an increased pace of conducting long-range strikes on targets throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The attacks were carried out by cruise missiles, surface-to-surface anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-provided Shahed-136 drones.
“It is highly likely that a key objective of this strike campaign is to cause wide-spread damage to Ukraine’s energy distribution network. As Russia has suffered battlefield setbacks since August, it has highly likely gained a greater willingness to strike civilian infrastructure in addition to Ukrainian military targets,” says the British Ministry of Defence.
For example, the Russian Federation carried out 9 missile and 39 air attacks on Ukraine on October 17, 2022.
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