Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Attempts Another Holodomor

Unable to defeat the Ukrainian army in battle, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has switched tactics. While Russian ground forces have mostly pulled back to defensive positions, the Kremlin has unleashed widespread bombing of civil infrastructure all over Ukraine. Only 3 percent of the Russian missiles are hitting military targets. All the rest have been directed against the means of support of Ukraine’s civilian population. The majority of Ukraine’s power grid has been damaged, and 30 percent has been completely destroyed. Without power, water pumps are failing.

While those living in houses can heat their homes by burning wood or coal, this is not possible for the large fraction of the population which lives in urban apartments. Ukraine’s GDP is already down 40 percent. It is set to crash further as it becomes impossible to operate businesses and factories without power. Without heat, light, or income, millions could die.

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Robert Zubrin

Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and the author of twelve books, most recently The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet.

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Unable to defeat the Ukrainian army in battle, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has switched tactics. While Russian ground forces have mostly pulled back to defensive positions, the Kremlin has unleashed widespread bombing of civil infrastructure all over Ukraine. Only 3 percent of the Russian missiles are hitting military targets. All the rest have been directed against the means of support of Ukraine’s civilian population. The majority of Ukraine’s power grid has been damaged, and 30 percent has been completely destroyed. Without power, water pumps are failing.

While those living in houses can heat their homes by burning wood or coal, this is not possible for the large fraction of the population which lives in urban apartments. Ukraine’s GDP is already down 40 percent. It is set to crash further as it becomes impossible to operate businesses and factories without power. Without heat, light, or income, millions could die.