\nRussiaUkraine, War, Relentless, Energy, Infrastructure<\/span>
\nRussia-Ukraine War: Relentless Energy Infrastructure Attacks Continue as Winter Deepens Humanitarian Crisis.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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By Juba Global News Network Staff<\/strong> As the third winter of full-scale war grips Ukraine, Russian forces have intensified their campaign against the country’s energy infrastructure, launching one of the largest combined drone and missile barrages of the conflict in recent days. On February 10\u201311, 2026, at least three civilians were killed and dozens injured in strikes that targeted power substations, transformer facilities, and natural gas infrastructure across multiple oblasts. The attacks have plunged large parts of Ukraine into rolling blackouts once again, destroyed critical repair capacity, and deepened an already severe humanitarian emergency as temperatures drop below -15\u00b0C in many regions.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the latest wave as \u201cdeliberate terror against civilians,\u201d accusing Moscow of trying to \u201cfreeze Ukrainians into submission\u201d ahead of any potential spring offensive or diplomatic breakthrough. In a late-night video address, he renewed urgent appeals for additional Western air-defense systems, particularly Patriot batteries and NASAMS units, stating: \u201cEvery delayed launcher means more destroyed homes, more dead children, more darkness in hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Ukraine\u2019s Energy Ministry and state grid operator Ukrenergo, the overnight assault involved more than 90 Shahed-type kamikaze drones and at least 35 cruise and ballistic missiles. Key targets included:<\/p>\n Ukrenergo reported that emergency blackouts were immediately imposed in 14 of Ukraine\u2019s 24 oblasts plus the city of Kyiv. In some areas, households are receiving electricity for only 2\u20134 hours per day. Hospitals in Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts switched to diesel generators, while water supply systems failed in several districts due to loss of pumping power.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 62 of the 90+ drones and 22 of the 35 missiles\u2014a roughly 70% interception rate\u2014but noted that even single missile strikes on already-damaged high-voltage equipment can cause cascading failures across regions. Repair crews face extreme danger: several linemen and engineers have been killed or wounded while working under fire in recent weeks.<\/p>\n Moscow has never officially acknowledged targeting civilian energy infrastructure, instead framing strikes as \u201cprecision operations against military-logistics objects and decision-making centers.\u201d Russian military bloggers and state media, however, have openly celebrated the campaign as a legitimate way to degrade Ukraine\u2019s war-fighting capacity and impose economic & psychological pressure.<\/p>\n Independent analysts argue the strategy has several interlocking goals:<\/p>\n Despite heavy losses of its own long-range aviation assets and cruise-missile stockpiles, Russia continues to receive fresh Shahed drones from Iran and reportedly assembles modified versions domestically. Some analysts estimate Moscow can sustain 80\u2013120 large-scale energy strikes per winter season at current production rates.<\/p>\n Ukrainian authorities have implemented a multi-layered survival plan for the 2025\u20132026 winter:<\/p>\n Despite these measures, officials privately admit that prolonged outages of more than 12\u201318 hours per day would push many urban areas toward collapse: sewage systems freeze, water pipes burst, and coal\/gas heating plants go offline.<\/p>\n The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that continued attacks on energy infrastructure could push an additional 1.5\u20132 million Ukrainians into acute humanitarian need this winter. The EU announced an emergency \u20ac300 million package for grid repair equipment and generator procurement, while the United States fast-tracked delivery of additional transformers and mobile substations under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.<\/p>\n NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that \u201cdeliberate attacks on civilian energy infrastructure constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law.\u201d Several Western capitals are reportedly considering new sanctions packages targeting third-country suppliers of drone components to Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n With neither side showing willingness to de-escalate attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, experts predict that energy terror will remain a central feature of the war through at least March 2026. Ukraine\u2019s ability to keep essential services running\u2014and Russia\u2019s capacity to keep destroying them\u2014may prove decisive in determining whether the country can hold its defensive lines and maintain societal cohesion until potential diplomatic openings emerge later in the year.<\/p>\n For millions of Ukrainians facing another dark, freezing winter, the war is measured not only in territory lost or gained, but in hours of light, warmth, and running water.<\/p>\n Juba Global News Network will continue to monitor the situation on the ground and provide balanced reporting on the human cost and strategic dynamics of this devastating campaign against Ukraine\u2019s energy lifelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Juba Global News Network Staff JubaGlobal.com February 11, 2026 \u2013 Juba, South Sudan As the third winter of full-scale war grips Ukraine, Russian forces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[830,1,846],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-news","category-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22502,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions\/22502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\nScale and Impact of the Latest Strikes<\/h3>\n
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Russian Perspective and Strategic Logic<\/h3>\n
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Ukraine\u2019s Response and Winter Survival Strategy<\/h3>\n
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International Reaction and Aid Efforts<\/h3>\n
Outlook: No End in Sight<\/h3>\n