"Unable to break Ukrainian resistance on the battlefield, Russia has once again turned to targeting civilian energy infrastructure in an attempt to fracture the spirit and endurance of the population, just as it did last winter, and the winter before. Power stations, substations, heating networks and transmission nodes are no longer incidental damage; they are deliberate targets, including Nuclear facilities."
"The irony is stark. These are the same civilians Putin claimed he would "protect" when launching his invasion, instead, he is now spending billions on missiles, drones and logistics not to defeat the Ukrainian military, but to plunge ordinary families into darkness and cold. It is a campaign of attrition aimed squarely at civilians, designed to exhaust and ultimately conquer."
"Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has issued some of the most forceful warnings yet about the humanitarian fallout. Describing the situation as bordering on catastrophe, he told The Times that "Russians want to create a humanitarian catastrophe in our native city, to make people freeze in winter." Repeated strikes, he warned, have devastated Kyiv's energy system and left thousands of homes without heating."
Russia has shifted to deliberately targeting civilian energy infrastructure, including power stations, substations, heating networks, transmission nodes and nuclear facilities, to fracture the population's spirit and endurance. Russia is spending billions on missiles, drones and logistics not primarily to defeat the Ukrainian military but to plunge ordinary families into darkness and cold as part of a campaign of attrition aimed at civilians. Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko warned of humanitarian fallout bordering on catastrophe and said repeated strikes have devastated Kyiv's energy system, leaving thousands of homes without heating and prompting roughly 600,000 people to leave the city since January. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported a figure of as many as 5.7 million Ukrainians.
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