Ukrainians Say Expecting More Russian Attacks on Energy Grid

At a Nov. 28 event hosted by an influential Washington think tank, Ukrainians described Russian strikes on their energy infrastructure and detailed the resources they say they need to recover, on the heels of billions in U.S. and other aid to the Eastern European country.
“He [Vladimir Putin] is sure that this winter is a focal point for him to show that he can make sure that Ukrainians will not survive,” said Oksana Nechyporenko, director of the Ukraine Crisis Coordination Center and former chief of staff to Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk, during the Atlantic Council event.
Russian aerial assaults on the Ukrainian grid have seriously harmed the country’s energy infrastructure, leading the government to impose deliberate emergency blackouts across the country….}

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