Experts suggest that while Kyiv awaits its much-needed air defences from the West, it is a race to see how quickly they are delivered versus how much damage Russia can sustain on the frontline.
Sky News analysis shows Russia has increased its attacks on Ukrainian energy systems in recent months, as experts warn the country remains 'vulnerable' without stronger air defences to protect its critical infrastructure and the frontline. Using news reports, energy data, geolocated video and satellite images, Sky News looks at the extent of the attacks and what they tell us about the state of the war in Ukraine.
Ann Marie Dailey, a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, said: 'Earlier in the war, you saw Russia attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure as a way to perhaps make it more difficult for civilians to get heat and other resources in the wintertime. 'These Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure seem to be focused on undermining Ukraine's economy and Ukraine's ability to produce defence materials domestically.
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