British Intelligence update on Ukraine 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.