We’ve long understood that Russia has no chance of winning their invasion of Ukraine via noble means, but the latest reports from the front lines of the now-9-month war are even worse than we expected.
Instead of targeting military installations and infantries, Russia has taken to pummeling the Ukrainian power grid…and just ahead of a brutal winter.
Russian strikes have left half of Ukraine’s battered energy grid in need of repair, as concerns mount about the country’s power supply as winter looms.
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Some 10 million Ukrainians were without power Friday, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. That figure accounts for roughly a quarter of Ukraine’s peacetime population — and likely closer to 40% of wartime households.
The situation was already beginning to spiral out of control.
“Unfortunately Russia continues to carry out missile strikes on Ukraine’s civilian and critical infrastructure. Almost half of our energy system is disabled,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
In the capital, Kyiv — where temperatures were expected to stay below freezing on Friday — mayor Vitali Klitschko called the situation “critical.”
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Eastern European winters are notoriously harsh, and this ungodly tactic from Russia comes as the Kremlin continues to threaten any outsiders looking to help Ukraine with nuclear annihilation.
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