Russia’s defense ministry threatens to “freeze” Ukraine this winter
The ministry’s post echoed a wider campaign that has cut heat and power, while Ukraine says it has only about 1% of needed Patriot interceptors.
- Russia's Defense Ministry posted attack drone photographs on Telegram on Thursday, captioning them "like snow on your head" and warning Ukrainians that "in winter, you'll get a freeze."
- Ukrainian officials describe the campaign as "energy terrorism," noting that systematic strikes on electricity and heating infrastructure have shifted toward destroying entire energy districts since late 2022.
- The Air Force reported Russia launched 112 attack drones overnight, with 90 shot down; the Defense Ministry claimed strikes on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast and vessels in the Black Sea.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN that acquiring 5% of current Patriot stocks would sustain Ukraine through winter, while 10% would "destroy all the Russians' ballistic missiles."
- Amid warnings from David Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, that Ukraine faces "probably the hardest winter in its history," Finland announced $33.2 million funding for a power plant project.
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has threatened Russia on social media with a very hot winter caused by Ukrainian drones and other attack aircraft. It was responding to a Russian threat, as its Defense Ministry posted on social media on Friday morning that Ukraine would experience extreme cold this winter.
These exchanges of threats are taking place as Ukraine prepares for a new winter campaign against its energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian President recently claimed that Kiev needed 5 per cent of the US Patriot interceptor missiles to "survive the winter," and 10 per cent to intercept all Russian ballistic missiles.
Ukraine hits back at Russia's 'you'll be frozen' social media taunt
The Ukrainian arms company Fire Point, whose missiles and drones have played a significant role in Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries and logistics infrastructure, also got in on the social media action.
The military published an image of a burning refinery with the signature "We'll Warm the Fire of the Russian NHP".
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