The Russian missile attack on December 16 will not break the Ukrainians and will not give the Russian army any advantage on the battlefield.. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for December 16.

Analysts noted that Ukrainian air defense shot down 60 of the 76 missiles that attacked Ukraine. In particular, 40 missiles flew to Kyiv, and of these, air defense forces shot down 37. The Russians managed to hit nine energy infrastructure facilities and residential buildings in the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.

All this brings trouble and discomfort to the Ukrainians, but will not break them, certain ISW \u200b\u200bexperts, and will not give any advantage to the Russian army at the front..

“It is likely that Russian troops will intensify their strikes on Kyiv to stir up public discontent in the capital, but these rocket attacks are unlikely to break the will of Ukraine,” the ISW report says.. “Russian strikes continue to pose a significant threat to Ukrainian civilians, but do not improve the ability of Russian troops to conduct offensive operations in Ukraine.”.

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ISW also noted that Ukrenergo, due to the attack on December 16, declared a state of emergency in the Ukrainian energy network.. Energy consumption had to be reduced by more than 50%. But, we recall, subsequently the emergency situation in the Ukrainian energy system was canceled, because the Ukrainian power engineers learned how to quickly and efficiently restore the energy infrastructure.