“After the failure of the first blitzkrieg, when nothing could be taken in three days, the idea arose to launch real terrorist attacks and make a missile blitzkrieg, that is, quickly put down the Ukrainian energy system, break public resistance, and cause a new wave of refugees. But this also absolutely failed, like all other strategic plans [президента РФ Владимира] Putin,” he said.
Yusov noted that Russia, despite the failures, will continue to continue the attacks.
“They don’t have many other methods left. It’s another matter that the number of high-precision weapons is rapidly decreasing and they don’t have the ability to replenish it directly from the workshop in the required quantities. Therefore, we don’t see such frequent shelling – weekly, with launches of 100 missiles. quantity, and intensity. But they still have a lot of missiles, outdated missile weapons. This means that our front-line cities remain under serious threat,” he said.
Therefore, Ukraine needs more long-range weapons in order not only to intercept missiles, but also to destroy launchers, Yusov stressed.
Russia carried out 13 waves of massive missile and 15 unmanned attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector in autumn and winter. Temporary blackouts began to be introduced in the country, in some cases they reached several days. The power shortage in the energy system of Ukraine still remains significant, the Ukrenergo company said on February 3.
In fact, 50% of the power grid is damaged or destroyed, according to government figures as of December. In particular, all thermal power plants and most hydroelectric power plants were hit by Russian missiles.
In addition, the Zaporozhye NPP, Zaporizhzhya TPP, Luhanska TPP, Uglegorsk TPP, Kakhovskaya HPP, most wind and solar power plants are located in the temporarily occupied territories and are inaccessible to the Ukrainian energy system, Ukrenergo notes.
Putin acknowledged that Russia is purposefully shelling Ukraine’s energy infrastructure facilities.
Putin miscalculated about the effectiveness of “missile terror” in Ukraine and will now make another offensive attempt, Ukrainian TV presenter Savik Shuster predicted in an interview with Ales Batsman, editor-in-chief of the GORDON online publication.
