The Economist: Putin Has Gone Even More Mad

Russia wants to paralyze Kyiv.

Russia has launched a large-scale campaign of bombings, sabotage, and political chaos against the Ukrainian capital and has no intention of stopping there. The enemy is intensifying its attacks on Kyiv, hoping to paralyze the capital before the cold weather sets in.

The next potential targets Russian strikes on Kyiv may be data centers and supermarkets. This was reported by The Economist, citing several high-ranking Ukrainian officials.

“Putin has gone even more mad. He has ordered attacks on all civilian targets. They want people to be afraid to go to supermarkets,” one of the sources explained to reporters.

Both officials emphasized that Russia’s campaign of strikes against Kyiv is expected to intensify well before the onset of winter. According to them, efforts to destabilize Kyiv will reach their peak by November.

The enemy is not abandoning its usual tactics of terror

At the same time, the Kremlin has not abandoned the “standard” winter scenario. Ballistic missile attacks remain the most destructive threat to the capital from the Russian Federation; however, attacks using rocket-powered drones—which cause the most damage—have become more frequent recently.

A security service spokesperson noted that Russia has “thousands of drones” in reserve. In addition, the enemy is building up its stockpile of ballistic missiles to use them over the coming months, the official claims.

Ukrainian intelligence agencies also fear that, in parallel with this, the enemy may resort to new hybrid attacks. Another way the Russians could destabilize Kyiv is by launching a disinformation campaign and attempting to intensify political chaos within the country. One high-ranking official warned that disruptions to daily life could push Ukrainians toward hostility toward one another, although others were skeptical about the likelihood of such a scenario, since the enemy devises similar plans on a regular basis.

The former head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko noted in comments to journalists that cutting off Kyiv is more difficult than the Kremlin believes. The city’s internet infrastructure, which had been battle-tested even before the invasion, is too decentralized for a few strikes to easily take it out of commission. According to experts, the same applies to energy facilities.

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