Russia has a New Strategy for Winter War in Ukraine

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

The goal is to cause an energy crisis and trigger a new refugee wave to destabilise Ukraine's European allies.

Posted by Corky at 12:33 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

Good call with President Zelenskyy. Ukraine will not face this winter alone. The EU stands with you, providing emergency energy support to help Ukraine through the coming months. At the same time, we are working on options to ensure the necessary sustained financial assistance to Ukraine.
-- Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu) Nov 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Comments

The new Russian winter strategy is do the same thing they were doing in winter 2023, winter 2024...

#1 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-11-04 02:02 PM

This proves Global Warming is good!
--JeffJ

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-04 02:04 PM

"Having failed to win on the battlefield or coerce Kyiv through ultimatums, Russian President Vladimir Putin has shifted the war to Ukraine's energy and logistics systems. At first glance, it looks like a replay of past winters, but the strategy has evolved.

In 2022 and 2023, Russia tried to freeze Ukrainians into surrender. It failed. The spirit of the nation held, and the lights returned. Now Putin's calculation is different. This time, the aim is not merely to punish Ukraine but to also destabilise Europe through the human consequences of cold and darkness."

The new part appears to be the Goal of pushing people out of the country rather than freezing them to death, apparently by which targets they choose.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-04 02:17 PM

That's not a new Russian tactic in this war nor historically. The author's evidence of Putin's new strategy is that Kiev opened its borders and let people out. It's not well written soft propaganda from Ukraine.

Strategy on the ground is the same. Russia slowly grinds forward, massing armor for seasonal offensives.

#4 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-11-04 02:29 PM

TV tumors in Russia have pointed this out apparently without fear of reprisal:

"Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on 24 Feb 2022. That means the was has lasted over three years and eight months so far.

The Great Patriotic War (Soviet term for the Eastern Front of World War II) lasted from 22 Jun 1941 to 9 May 1945, or three years, ten months, and 17 days.

As of now, the Great Patriotic War was longer by about two months. However, if the war in Ukraine continues beyond May 2026, it will surpass the duration of the Great Patriotic War."

My input: The Russian Army suffered over one million KIA or WIA since the invasion and is occupying 19"20% of Ukraine's territory after all the bloodshed, lives lost, misery, billions of dollars wasted, and ecological ruin.

World War One-style success for the Kremlin.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-04 02:32 PM

Typo fixed:

TV tumors in Russia have pointed this out apparently without fear of reprisal:

"Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on 24 Feb 2022. That means the war has lasted over three years and eight months so far.

The Great Patriotic War (Soviet term for the Eastern Front of World War II) lasted from 22 Jun 1941 to 9 May 1945, or three years, ten months, and 17 days.

As of now, the Great Patriotic War was longer by about two months. However, if the war in Ukraine continues beyond May 2026, it will surpass the duration of the Great Patriotic War."

My input: The Russian Army suffered over one million KIA or WIA since the invasion and is occupying 19 to 20% of Ukraine's territory after all the bloodshed, lives lost, misery, billions of dollars wasted, and ecological ruin.

World War One-style success for the Kremlin.

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-04 02:35 PM

The new part appears to be the Goal of pushing people out of the country rather than freezing them to death, apparently by which targets they choose.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-04 02:17 PM | Reply | Flag: Sounds Similar to Gaza

Hi Corky:

Evil minds think alike, don't they?