Transcript for UK intelligence reports Russia's attempt to break through Ukraine's air defenses
YEAR'S CONGRESS WITH THE GOP IN
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.
JANAI?
>>> NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE,
AND A STRIKING CLAIM FROM
BRITISH OFFICIALS THAT RUSSIA
HAS FIRED CRUISE MISSILES WITH
DUMMY WARHEADS.
ABC'S MARCUS MOORE IS LIVE IN
KYIV WITH MORE.
MARCUS, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: JANAI, GOOD
MORNING, THE BATTLE FOR UKRAINE
IS NOW IN ITS TENTH MONTH, AND
THIS UK INTELLIGENCE REPORT IS
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, THEY'RE
SAYING THAT RUSSIA HAS A
DEPLETING ARSENAL SO THEY'VE
BEEN FIRING DUMMY MISSILES,
THESE ARE MISSILES THAT DON'T
HAVE WARHEADS ALL IN AN EFFORT
TO OVERWHELM UKRAINE'S AIR
DEFENSES AND THEN THEY'LL FIRE
MISSILES WITH WARHEADS TO HIT
CRITICAL TARGETS.
AS YOU KNOW, RUSSIA HAS BEEN
TRYING TO DEMORALIZE THE
UKRAINIAN POPULATION, IT'S BEEN
HITTING THE COUNTRY'S POWER GRID
TRYING TO PUT IT IN THE DARK.
IN FACT, A WAVE OF AIR STRIKES
JUST DAYS AGO LEFT MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WITHOUT HEAT OR WATER, AND THE
ATTACKS THERE MARK WHAT
RUSSIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO AND
AT ONE POINT THERE WERE FOUR
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS HERE IN
UKRAINE.
THEY WERE COMPLETELY OFFLINE.
THE PRESIDENT HERE, ZELENSKYY,
SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IS DOWN TO 6
MILLION, AS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TO RESTORE
ELECTRICITY.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW, HERE IN KYIV, THEY'VE
SET UP THIS WARMING CENTER,
WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME TO GET
WARM AND CAN ALSO GET FOOD AND
MEDICINE AND CHARGE THEIR
TELEPHONES AND THEIR PERSONAL
DEVICES.
THEY'VE SET UP THESE CENTERS
LIKE THIS ONE ACROSS THE CITY
AND THE REGION, EVEN IN SOME OF
THE LOCAL SCHOOLS, ALL IN AN
EFFORT TO MEET THIS DEMAND, AND
YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW IS FALLING
HERE.
ALL INDICATIONS ARE RIGHT NOW
THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY LONG
AND BRUTAL WINTER FOR THE PEOPLE
HERE IN UKRAINE, GUYS.
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