“It seems to me that now Russia’s tactics have changed a little, they are waiting for the frost to harden. So that at night the temperature drops to 8-10 degrees below zero, and right now they want to give the most sensitive blow to Ukraine They are openly waiting for the opportunity to freeze as much as possible, because in this case the main impact would not be on the energy sector as such, but through the energy sector on heating,” Podoliak said in an interview with Russian journalist Yulia Latiniina.
He stated that such a plan is absolutely “cannibalistic” and has been fully thought out.
On Nov. 23, Russia fired dozens of cruise missiles at energy infrastructure targets across Ukraine, causing widespread power and heat outages.
Massive Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy system have been ongoing since October 10th.
