Vladimir Putin has vowed to continue attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure despite millions being left without electricity or water. “Yes, we do that. But who started it?” the Russian president said at an awards ceremony in the Kremlin. He said that criticism of Russian strikes would “not interfere with our combat missions”. Moscow has been battering Ukraine’s power grid since 10 October, following a string of heavy military defeats. Some Western leaders have called the strategy a war crime, because of the huge amount of damage caused to civilian infrastructure. But President Putin said that growing global criticism would not stop the strikes. “There’s a lot of noise about our strikes on the energy infrastructure of a neighbouring country. Yes, we do that. But who started it?” he said to recipients of state awards, including the “Hero of Russia” medal.

• Is attacking Ukraine’s power grid a war crime?

He said the strikes were in response to a blast on the Russian bridge to annexed Crimea on 8 October. He also accused Ukraine blowing up power lines from the Kursk nuclear power plant and of cutting water supply to Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. “Not supplying water to a city of more than a million people is an act of genocide,” Mr Putin said, accusing the West of “complete silence” on these claims and of bias against Russia. Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin said last month that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure amount to genocide. The Russian president said that when Moscow responds to Ukrainian aggression “there is uproar and clamour spreading through the whole universe”. Ukraine is now seeing snow and sub-zero temperatures in many regions, and millions are without electricity and running water, raising fears people may die of hypothermia. The country switched to emergency shutdowns to stabilise its power grid after a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks on Monday. https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266127 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267086 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266312 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267809 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/269010 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267794 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266393 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267784 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/269000 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266272 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266981 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266127/YOUTUBE_TV_Brazil_vs_Croatia_Free_LIVE_STREAM_1209 https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266981/LIVESTREAMSTV_FIFA_World_Cup_2022_Croatia_vs_Brazi https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/269000/FREE_STREAMING_Watch_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Live_Stream https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/269010/RedditStreamS_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Live_StreamReddit_ https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267784/++RedditStreamsBrazil_vs_Croatia_Live_StreamReddit https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267809/RedditStreamsBrazil_vs_Croatia_Live_StreamReddit_O https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266393/Blacktie_Sports_-_Free_Reddit_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Bu https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266312/beIN_SPORTS_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Live_Stream%F0%9D%9A%81eddit_O https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267794/Crackstreams_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Live_StreamReddit_O https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/267086/Reddit_World_Cup_STREAM_-_Fifa_World_Cup_2022_live https://new.c.mi.com/ph/post/266272/%F0%9D%90%8B%F0%9D%90%88%F0%9D%90%95%F0%9D%90%84%F0%9D%90%92%F0%9D%90%93%F0%9D%90%91%F0%9D%90%84%F0%9D%90%80%F0%9D%90%8CReddit_Croatia_vs_Brazil_Live_ https://techplanet.today/post/crackstreamscroatia-vs-brazil-live-stream-at-reddit-on-tv-1 https://techplanet.today/post/blacktie-sports-free-reddit-croatia-vs-brazil-buffstreams-fifa-world-cup-streams https://techplanet.today/post/reddit-at-streamsbrazil-vs-croatia-live-stream-at-reddit-on-09-december-2022-2 https://techplanet.today/post/bein-sports-croatia-vs-brazil-live-stream-at-eddit-on-09-december-2022 Experts have told the BBC that Russia’s tactic of hitting energy infrastructure is most likely designed to demoralise and terrorise the population, rather than gain any concrete military advantage – a move that would violate international law.