Nearly half of the country’s energy system was damaged by Russian attacks last winter.
Intelligence officials believe Moscow may use more Shahed drones alongside missiles to confuse Ukraine’s air defences.
The threat of attacks on the power grid remains acute following reports that Moscow has set up its own facilities to manufacture assault drones based on the Shahed-136. But most of last winter’s damage has been repaired and Kyiv has bolstered its air defences, including with newly-donated German-made Gepard systems – sleek green turrets mounted onto the chassis of a battle tank.
“We had fewer last winter. Now we have been given more, and the effectiveness will be better,” he said while visiting the region to hand out medals.The Shahed drones are estimated by military analysts to cost about US$20,000 each, but the Western-supplied air defence missiles Kyiv used last winter cost many times more.
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