The goal is to cause an energy crisis and trigger a new refugee wave to destabilise Ukraine’s European allies.
As winter approaches, there is much anxiety in Ukraine.
Last month, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, a group of Ukraine’s allies led by France and the United Kingdom, agreed to mobilise significant resources to help Kyiv maintain its supply of electricity and central heating in big urban areas. The effort appears to have had some effect as the heating season began only slightly later than usual, on October 28.
Yet this offers little reassurance that Ukrainian homes will be warm in the months ahead. The Russian army continues to strike the country’s critical infrastructure, aiming to cripple its power grid and gas supplies just as the cold sets in.
“General Winter”, the loyal ally of Russia against
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