Russia shifts targets in mass strikes on Ukraine, focus moves to water infrastructure — ISW
Russia changes key targets of mass strikes on Ukraine (photo: Getty Images)
Russia is changing the main targets of mass strikes on Ukraine, shifting focus to the destruction of water infrastructure in large cities, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War.
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"Russia's shift to a new target set is an implicit acknowledgement that its Winter 2025-2026 strike campaign failed to achieve its objectives," ISW said.
Analysts emphasize that Russia will likely be able to learn lessons from winter strikes on energy infrastructure for future strikes on water infrastructure, especially considering that both Soviet-era systems contain limited but critical vulnerabilities.
Last winter showed that, under certain circumstances, Russian drones can damage or destroy such infrastructure despite their small payload.
Russian troops continue strikes on Ukraine
In the morning, Russian troops attacked the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with strike drones. At the same time hit was recorded near a passenger train carriage.
According to the head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, the transport infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of an attack, and fire broke out at the strike site. The man received light injuries and was hospitalized. All necessary services are working at the scene.
In total, during the night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 149 strike drones from five directions. Air defense forces managed to shoot down most of the enemy drones.
Russian forces also carried out a massive drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih during the night of March 2. Enterprise came under fire, after which several fires broke out.
