Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has escalated into a war over energy infrastructure, with attacks on TurkStream and Ukrainian energy facilities.

Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine.Moscow has pursued a months-long bombing campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure claiming the attacks are targeted against facilities that aid Kyiv's military.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine's army is larger than Russia's, but will it be enough to sustain the war effort as fighting escalates?

This Friday, the Ukrainian army claimed to have hit a Russian air defense radar with missiles. The attack was reportedly launched in the Russian border region of Belgorod on Thursday, January 16. As the Ukrainian General Staff points out,

A major explosive factory deep inside Russia which supplies Vladimir Putin ’s army was attacked, says Ukraine. The plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine. “The enterprise is one of the main suppliers of explosive materials for the army of the Russian Federation,

Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine. Intense fighting is taking place on eight sections of the front. The Kremlin is focusing on the Donetsk and Kursk regions. The RBK-Ukraine portal reports on preparations for a key battle in the coming months.