‘These deaths are for nothing’: Lviv attack turns anger on Zelensky

Villages, towns and cities alike have all been hit, along with infrastructure and military sites essential to Ukraine’s war effort. Yet such attacks are also part of the Kremlin’s long-running campaign to “essentially bring Ukraine to its knees”, said Nick Reynolds, a military analyst at the Royal United Services Institute, a security think tank. “Recent events haven’t changed this,” he added. “Generally around this time of the year, what the Russians are trying to do is to essentially degrade Ukraine’s air defences and its energy infrastructure prior to winter. They’re trying to make life as hard as possible.”