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PM Keir Starmer condemns Russia’s "depraved" strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid, which have left thousands freezing in -20°C weather and shattered a fragile truce.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has branded Russia’s latest missile barrage on Ukraine’s energy grid as "particularly depraved," as Vladimir Putin weaponizes the freezing winter against civilians.
The attacks, which struck with devastating precision on Monday night, have plunged Kyiv and Kharkiv into darkness just as temperatures plummeted to a bone-chilling -20°C. The timing was no accident. The strikes shattered a fragile, week-long informal truce that US President Donald Trump had reportedly brokered, exposing the hollowness of diplomatic assurances in the face of total war.
The humanitarian toll is immediate and catastrophic. [...](asc_slot://start-slot-11)In Kyiv alone, over 1,000 tower blocks have been severed from district heating systems. Families are huddled in metro stations, pitching tents on platforms deep underground to escape the biting cold above. A major power plant in Kharkiv has been declared "beyond repair," signaling months of misery for the eastern city.
Starmer's choice of the word "depraved" reflects the Western consensus that targeting heating infrastructure in sub-zero conditions constitutes a war crime. It is a calculated attempt to break the Ukrainian will by freezing the population into submission. Yet, as generators hum to life across the darkened cities, the resolve of the Ukrainian people seems only to harden.
The coming days will be critical. If the grid collapses entirely, Europe could witness a new wave of refugees fleeing not just bombs, but the lethal cold. Putin has played his winter card; the world now watches to see if Ukraine can endure the frost.
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