Russian assault on Ukraine’s power grid is the strategy of nihilism
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#65AB6)
His bombs may not break Ukrainian resolve, but Vladimir Putin knows their damage will drive up the west's costs
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Russia's cynical decision to target Ukraine's network of hydroelectric power stations on Monday represents a further, dispiriting, escalation in its efforts to destroy the country's power supply.
The electricity network is reeling from three weeks of attacks focused on coal- and gas-fired power stations and, above all, the electricity substations that link up different parts of the grid. Power cuts are the new normal as winter looms.
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