Ukrainian military learn to fly drones at night using thermal vision on May 11, 2023, in the Lviv region of Ukraine.
Ukrainian military learn to fly drones at night using thermal vision in the Lviv region of Ukraine.
  • Russian troops are having a tough time fighting Ukrainian forces at night. 
  • They aren't being trained to do so and it's giving Ukraine an edge in the dark, UK intel said. 
  • Russian military training typically happens in the daytime "to impress" top brass, the intel said. 

Russian troops are having a hard time fighting Ukrainian forces at night in part because they aren't trained to do so, giving Kyiv an advantage over Moscow in the dark, according to British intelligence.