Energy blackmail: Russia is considering options for striking Ukraine’s nuclear power plant substations, - DIU
Russia, the aggressor state, is considering options for attacks on power transmission substations that supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants. Such actions are part of a pressure campaign aimed at forcing Kyiv to accept unacceptable terms for ending the war and weakening Ukraine's support from its partners.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press centre of the Defence Intelligence.
A campaign of pressure on Ukraine
"In order to force Ukraine to sign unacceptable capitulation demands to end the war, the aggressor state of Russia is considering attacking strategic objects of our state's energy system — namely, the power transmission substations that supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants," the DIU reports.
Intimidation of Europe
As part of its pressure campaign, Moscow also plans to intensify its intimidation of European and Western countries in general in order to curb support for Ukraine, in particular our ability to repel Russia's terrorist air strikes on critical energy infrastructure facilities.
What the Russian Federation wants
- By destroying or disabling these substations, Moscow seeks to disconnect the power units of nuclear power plants from Ukraine's integrated power system so that Ukrainian civilians are left completely without electricity and heat.
- As of mid-January 2026, Russia had conducted reconnaissance of ten critical energy infrastructure facilities in nine regions of Ukraine.
- The Kremlin's intentions to attack substations in order to destroy Ukraine's nuclear power generation in such a hybrid manner once again demonstrate the genocidal nature of Russia's war against Ukraine.
