Supposedly targeting the electricity network was also more about taking out AA and disrupting electric train logistics. It parallels the way that NATO took out

Supposedly targeting the electricity network was also more about taking out AA and disrupting electric train logistics. It parallels the way that NATO took out Serbia's power grid in 1999 before executing their bombing campaign, probably for similar reasons (AA): https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/belgrade052599.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans... If the above thesis is correct and these strikes are about degrading AA, the measure of success is whether the russian airforce starts actually taking a role on the front line (recently it hasn't been much used).