Kyiv residents are facing prolonged blackouts, after Russian airstrikes hit the Ukrainian electric system again overnight
, which can help intercept more of the drones that Moscow is launching, some of them from occupied territory in Ukraine’s south. The low- and slow-flying drones represent a technical challenge for a previous generation of air defenses designed to shoot down jet fighter and helicopters, military analysts say.
Moscow is trying to deter the West from offering more military aid to Kyiv. Already, long-range rocket systems from the U.S. have, helping Ukrainian forces to retake more than 3,000 square miles of territory since the start of September—which in turn prompted the Kremlin to target Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian soldiers prepared to fire a mortar near Bakhmut on Thursday as they fought Russian troops who are trying to take eastern Ukrainian town.dimitar dilkoff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
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