Russia Might Try to Freeze Ukrainians This Winter: A Reported Plan Includes 1000-Weapon Assault on Power Grid
The plan calls for up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs and aims to cut electricity and heating supplies by as much as 90%.
- On October 2, The New York Times reported that Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal recently presented European partners in Paris with an intercepted Russian plan detailing an ambitious winter campaign to cripple Ukraine's power, heating, and water infrastructure.
- Proposals within the document involve forcing three operating nuclear power plants offline by striking grid connections, alongside a campaign of up to 1,000 missiles, drones, and bombs aimed at electrical substations.
- Russia identifies Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa as priority targets, with the plan aiming to cut electricity and heating supplies to these cities by 90 percent while severely disrupting sewage systems and pumping stations.
- Despite months of infrastructure strengthening, the threat looms as Russian President Vladimir Putin previously pledged an expanded campaign, recalling last winter’s strikes that left more than 1 million people without power.
- Estimates suggest the campaign could eliminate nearly 15 gigawatts of generating capacity, with The Economist reporting that the strikes are expected to peak in November and further strain the national energy grid.
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Russia would be preparing an extensive campaign of attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this winter, with the aim of causing massive current feathers and forcing the country's three functioning nuclear power plants to be shut down. The plan, described in a document produced by The New York Times, foresees the use of up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs and includes water supply systems.
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