The Air Force of Ukraine announced today that Russia launched four missiles against eastern Ukraine overnight, and also launched 12 Shahid drones against the entire country.

According to the same source, nine of the drones were shot down in four regions.

Russia has launched a campaign of airstrikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over the past week, causing significant damage in several regions.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he said in an interview published last night that if Ukraine does not receive promised US military aid, which has been blocked by disagreements in Congress, its armed forces will have to withdraw “in small steps”.

“If there is no American support, that means we have no air defense, no Patriot missiles, no electronic warfare jammers, no 155mm artillery shells,” he told the Washington Post.

“This means that we will go back, we will retreat, step by step, with small steps,” he declared. “We’re trying to find a way not to back down.”