Russia Launches Intense Missile Attacks on Ukraine's Critical Infrastructure, Aiming to Weaponize Winter

Starting in October 2022, Russian forces in Ukraine significantly escalated their missile and drone attacks targeting the country's civilian and critical infrastructure. The strikes primarily focused on electrical systems, heating plants, and water facilities, aiming to undermine Ukrainian morale and resistance by plunging millions of civilians into darkness and cold during the winter.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Western allies denounced the actions as war crimes and weaponizing cold. For conservatives, the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure by the Putin regime demonstrated its moral depravity and terroristic tactics, reiterating the urgency for the Western world to provide Ukraine with advanced air defense systems to protect its populace.