Russia may be trying to get its air force in the fight by luring Ukraine into moving its air defences, war experts say

• Ukraine has mostly been able to counter Russia's air force, blunting its ability to affect the war.
• But Russia may now have a plan to lure away Ukrain's air defense to make an opening, experts said.
• The ISW said that recent attacks on Ukrainian energy sites may be an attempt to divert its defenses.

Russia may be trying to lure Ukraine's air defense systems away from the front line so its air force can play a bigger role, war analysts said.

The influential Institute for the Study of War pointed on Wednesday to Russia's increasing missile and drone strikes against Ukraine's energy facilities.