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This articleoriginally an opinion piece by Igor Bondar published via the Washington Examiner and syndicated on MSNexamines Russia’s ongoing strategy of targeting Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure as winter approaches.

Here are the key points covered in the piece:

1. Russia’s Planned Winter Campaign: Russian President Vladimir Putin openly confirmed directives to carry out massive strikes against Ukrainian energy and power facilities, framing them as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes inside Russian territory.

2. Weaponizing the Cold: The strategic goal behind these infrastructure bombardments is to deprive Ukrainian civilians of heat, electricity, and water during freezing winter temperatures, in the hope of breaking public morale and forcing Ukraine toward political capitulation.

3. Why It Is Viewed as a Miscalculation: The author argues that Putin’s expectation to break the Ukrainian spirit through hardship is fundamentally flawed. Previous winter campaigns with similar tactics hardened Ukrainian resilience, accelerated Western air-defense support, and decentralized emergency energy restoration rather than fracturing national resolve.