Winter as weapon: Ukraine endures deliberate blackouts and a freezing siege
An experienced war correspondent links the 1990s siege of Sarajevo to today’s Ukraine crisis, detailing how Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have left Kyiv and other cities in darkness and subfreezing temperatures; families improvise heating, shelter in tents indoors, and endure daily life under siege, as the author argues the cold is a deliberate weapon and calls the attacks a war crime requiring international accountability.
