"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."
"Having failed to win on the battlefield or coerce Kyiv through ultimatums, Russian President Vladimir Putin has shifted the war to Ukraine's energy and logistics systems. At first glance, it looks like a replay of past winters, but the strategy has evolved. In 2022 and 2023, Russia tried to freeze Ukrainians into surrender. It failed. The spirit of the nation held, and the lights returned."
Russia has shifted its campaign from battlefield operations to systematic attacks on Ukraine's energy and logistics infrastructure to create outages and humanitarian pressure. A Coalition of the Willing led by France and the UK mobilised resources to preserve electricity and heating in major urban areas, slightly delaying the heating season. Previous attempts in 2022–23 to force surrender through winter failed as national resilience restored services. The current aim extends beyond punishing Ukraine to provoking mass displacement and a refugee surge that could destabilise European allies and strain aid budgets.
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