British Intelligence Ukraine war map as of Oct 18

British Intelligence Ukraine war map as of Oct 18

British Intelligence Update as of Oct 18

Since 10 October, Russia has maintained a heightened tempo of long-range strikes against targets across Ukraine.

These have been conducted by cruise missiles, air defence missiles in a surface-to-surface role, and Iranian-provided Shahed-136 one way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles.

It is highly likely that a key objective of this strike campaign is to cause wide-spread damage to Ukraine’s energy distribution network.

As Russia has suffered battlefield setbacks since August, it has highly likely gained a greater willingness to strike civilian infrastructure in addition to Ukrainian military targets.