Russian kamikaze drones strike Ukraine's energy grid again
Russian kamikaze drones once again hit accurately during the night from Friday to Saturday in Ukraine. They struck another energy infrastructure facility.
For over a month, Putin's troops have been shelling power plants and other energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. On Friday night, they recorded another hit.
"Russians still attack the Poltava region. At night, hostile kamikaze drones damaged energy infrastructure in one of the districts of the Poltava region. There were no casualties," reads a statement from Filip Pronin, head of the administration in the Poltava region.
Russia exploits weakened air defense
After the massive drone attack on Ukraine during the night from May 7 to May 8, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote that Russia continues to exploit the fact that Kyiv's air defence is degraded due to shortages of supplies from the West.
The target of last week’s analyzed Russian strike was Ukrainian energy infrastructure. It was the fifth massive missile-drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since March 22 of this year, ISW calculated, predicting that the Russian army would continue attacks until new air defence resources arrive, causing long-term damage to the energy system.
In addition to energy, the target is also transport infrastructure, which analysts say is intended to disrupt Ukrainian land communication lines and hinder the delivery of American aid to the front.
