Politics

Putin’s new strategy: Make Ukraine’s cities unlivable [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 07.10.2026, 16:03
Russia has widened its winter campaign against Ukraine, increasingly targeting the infrastructure that allows millions of civilians to live and work. (Photo by Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia has widened its winter campaign against Ukraine, increasingly targeting the infrastructure that allows millions of civilians to live and work. (Photo by Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images)

The Kremlin is betting that civilian suffering will break Ukrainian resolve.