Cold Numbers
written on February 06, 2026
Ukraine faces one of the harshest winters in recent memory while Russia steps up its attacks on civilian energy infrastructure. There was a time we would have condemned a direct war on civilian infrastructure as a war crime. Now it barely makes the news.
January 2026
- 217 strikes on energy infrastructure
- 9 waves of coordinated strikes on energy infrastructure
- 4,000 drones launched
- 350 missiles launched
- 1,000,000 households without power
- Thousands of buildings without heating
- Average daytime high of -2°C
- Average nighttime low of -7°C
2025 has been the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since the beginning of the war: 2,514 dead, 12,142 injured according to HRMMU. As of October 2025, Russia has killed 661 and injured 2,200 Ukrainian children.
Or in other words:
Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.
— Donald Trump, December 28th 2025
