Since war criminal and thug Vladimir Putin's attacks on Ukraine following the damage to his prized Kerch Strait Bridge recently, Ukraine's lost 30% of its power stations due to Russian terrorist attacks. The power stations supply electricity to civilian populations and will be vital as winter approaches to heat homes and buildings. According to Politico's report:
"The damage comes amid a fresh wave of air strikes across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure. Outages of electricity were reported in Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Dnipro, where electricity facilities were hit.
A U.K. defense ministry update on Tuesday morning said: 'It is highly likely that a key objective of this strike campaign is to cause widespread damage to Ukraine’s energy distribution network.'
The wave of Russian air strikes hammering Ukrainian critical infrastructure — as well as the civilian population — came in response to Ukraine's attack on the Kerch bridge earlier this month linking Russian-occupied Crimea with Russia." (our emphasis)
In addition to the electricity supply, Putin has been targeting the water system and such civilian targets as apartment buildings and public areas in order to terrorize the Ukrainian public with winter coming. More evidence to support charges of war crimes against the Russian monster. It should prompt more humanitarian aid to Ukraine to offset Russia's brutality, as well as more anti-missile and anti-drone weapons to defeat them.
(photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters)
