The West has rushed new air-defense systems to Ukraine in recent months, including Nasams, which arrived from Lithuania last week. “All attention should be focused on defenses, on responding to terrorists on everything that Ukraine can do to get through the winter and improve our soldiers’ capabilities." About 50% of Ukraine’s energy production and transmission was damaged during last winter, said Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine’s energy minister. Ukraine has upgraded its air defenses since last fall, when the Russian attacks on infrastructure began. Most of the modern air-defense systems are designed to defend against large munitions, such as cruise missiles.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 14, 2023 09:09 UTC