On December 29, 2022, Russian troops carried out another wave of long-range strikes throughout Ukraine, again primarily against power grid facilities. Since October, Russia has followed a general pattern of launching an intense wave of strikes every seven to 10 days, British intelligence analysts say..

In their opinion, it is almost certain that the Russian Federation takes this approach, trying to overload the Ukrainian air defense systems..

However, there is a real possibility that Russia will break this scheme and strike again in the coming days, trying to undermine the morale of the Ukrainian population during the New Year holidays, the British Ministry of Defense warned..

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President Volodymyr Zelensky does not exclude that after another massive rocket attack on the territory of Ukraine on Thursday, December 29, Russian troops may try again to deprive our population of electricity for the New Year holidays.

Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Command, suggested that the next Russian missile strike could be more massive than December 29..