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Nicholas Cecil

Putin’s attacks on key infrastructure too late to defeat Ukraine, says UK

Vladimir Putin who is trying to plunge millions of Ukrainian homes into darkness and cold this winter by destroying electricity power plants

(Picture: AP)

Vladimir Putin has ordered his missile onslaught on Ukraine’s key infrastructure too late to have the “psychological” blow to break the will of its people, British defence chiefs said Thursday.

They stressed that the Russian president had unleashed Strategic Operation for the Destruction of Critically Important Targets (SODCIT) attacks on electricity power plants and other vital infrastructure.

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