War in Ukraine: freezing cold, little daylight… the “challenges” posed by winter to the armies

“Winter is coming”. Will he shower the Ukrainian euphoria? While kyiv is celebrating with great fanfare the recapture of the city of Kherson, held by the Russian army for eight months, the new winter weather conditions are likely to complicate the advance of its troops on the ground. In its daily briefing, British intelligence listed on Monday the many “challenges” posed to the two opposing camps: maximum temperatures below 0 ° C, shortened daylight window, risk of snow, etc.