Ukraine live briefing: Musk threatens to pull Starlink from Ukraine; Kyiv accuses Red Cross of inaction

“It has to be done constantly, not just once but for two to five weeks to totally disable all their infrastructure, all thermal power stations, all heating and power stations,” said Bogdan Bezpalko, a member of the Kremlin’s Council on Interethnic Relations. “Then, Ukraine will descend into cold and darkness.”

But the hawks, who are demanding publicly on state television and social media to know why Russia doesn’t hit more high-value targets, won’t like the answer: The Russian military appears to lack sufficient accurate missiles to sustain airstrikes at Monday’s tempo, say Western military analysts.

Amar Nadhir, Robyn Dixon and Loveday Morris contributed to this report.