Russian Missile Strikes, New Defenses, & Fighting into 2023 (TheNewAtlas)

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for December 30, 2022:

- Russia conducts what may be the largest missile strike so far during the special military operation;
- Ukraine's power grid continues to be degraded;
- Fighting continues around Bakhmut;
- Western analysts insist Russian fighting around Bakhmut is "senseless" but it suits Russia's strategy of attrition;
- Russia is also building extensive defensive structures across the line of contact;
- These lines force Ukrainian offensive troops to spend more time in well-prepared fields of fire resulting in major casualties;
- Russia appears to be settling into a protracted war of attrition while protecting its lines with these major defensive works.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, January 1, 2023.]