Russia advances as Ukraine devolves.
While the Ukrainian leader is going around the world showing off his defiance, back home things go from bad to worse: blackout and lack of heating, millions of draft dodgers, hundreds of thousands of soldiers going AWOL, massive corruption scandals unfolding… and of course, Russian forces keep advancing, even in the harsh winter conditions.
Russia’s power grid strikes paralyze Ukraine’s war machine
By crippling energy infrastructure, Moscow is dismantling the industrial base feeding the front
This shift marks a brutal new phase of ‘demilitarization through deindustrialization’pic.twitter.com/nuJZnYTB7z
— RT (@RT_com)February 16, 2026
Besides that, the destruction of the power generation and transmission grids deeply hurts the means of production in Ukraine, which now not only face energy shortages but the energy itself has become economically unviable.
“Through a series of strategic strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Russia is pushing the country back into the 19th century. […] Ukraine now risks devolving into a rudimentary agrarian society, akin to the poorest nations in Africa or Asia. Recovering from this could take years, if not decades.
Obviously, an agrarian nation cannot have a strong military. An industrially advanced neighbor will always have the upper hand, even when other conditions seem equal.
Russia’s goal is clear: demilitarization through deindustrialization.A rival with a crippled economy poses a significantly lower threat and becomes a greater burden for any potential allies. Moreover, rebuilding its military capabilities will require significantly more time.”
Source: The Gateway Pundit
