Oct. 3 2023 13:06 – Updated Oct 3 2023 13:06
That could make China react, according to the expert.
Last winter, when the cold set in, Russia carried out countless attacks against several power plants and infrastructure connected to the power grid in Ukraine. Several hundred cities and towns were without power, and the authorities in Ukraine asked residents to prepare for a cold winter, where they would have to manage without power for longer periods.
Professor Tormod Heier at the Norwegian Defense College and former officer in the Army said at the time that the Russian attacks on critical infrastructure were a priority for Russia because the war on the ground was going badly.
– Will fight back
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Ukraine survived the winter, and has since received support from several Western countries. As winter approaches again, Ukraine’s new defense minister Rustem Umerov warns that Russia will once again focus on Ukraine’s energy supply, but this time Ukraine will respond in kind.
– Russia will focus on Ukraine’s energy supply this winter. But we will fight back, says Umerov to CNN.
According to the German newspaper Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung Ukraine has signaled that it will attack both Russia’s weapons production and infrastructure.
Last winter it was limited what Ukraine could respond to Russia with, but in the last six months we have seen that the Ukrainians have carried out several drone attacks against Russian territory.
– Will make the Chinese angry
That Ukraine now says it will respond with the same coin could change the war, according to war researcher Ilmari Käihkö.
– The situation may change when there are Russian civilian casualties. We don’t know that so far. But if Ukraine launches large-scale attacks against Russian infrastructure, Russia will almost certainly do the same. The Russians have bombed civilian targets since the beginning of the war, says Käihkö VG.
The expert is unsure whether Ukraine can attack Russia with weapons they have received from the West. He believes they can use the weapons against Crimea, but not into mainland Russia.
Peter Viggo Jakobsen at the Danish Defense Academy is quite clear in his speech. He states that Ukraine cannot use weapons it has received from the West against targets inside Russia:
– The capacity Ukraine has to attack infrastructure in Russia is limited. The United States will not support such attacks with Western-made weapons. It will also make the Chinese angry and make it more difficult for Ukraine to present itself as a victim in the conflict outside the Western world, Jakobsen emphasizes to VG.
2023-10-03 11:06:29
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