Volodymyr Zelenskiy has saidis preparing for renewed Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure ahead of the second winter of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of the country – and that the country is ready to counterattack if targeted.
Footage posted on Wednesday showed the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, visiting a command post near the frontlines in eastern Ukraine, where he received a briefing on combat operations planned for the winter months and on training for drone operators, who have become crucial to the war effort on both sides.
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome after the Russian parliament approved Moscow’s withdrawal from a global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests.After suffering setbacks on the battlefield last year,, substations, heat generation facilities, and other key electricity and water infrastructure in order to cripple the military and plunge the population into darkness.
Zelenskiy indicated that Ukraine was prepared to strike back, although it was not clear if he was referring to Russian energy infrastructure or other targets, including military bases and industrial sites.