The Security Service of Ukraine has stated that Russia’s strikes on energy infrastructure constitute crimes against humanity. According to the SBU, attacks on energy facilities are a deliberate and consistent policy that has led to mass power, heat, and water outages for millions of civilians.
This was reported by the SBU.
Since the beginning of this year’s heating season, the SBU has documented 256 Russian air strikes on energy facilities and heat supply systems. In particular, since the beginning of October 2025, the occupiers have deliberately attacked 11 hydroelectric power plants and 45 of the largest thermal power plants.
The Russians also carried out 49 precision air strikes on thermal power plants and 151 on electrical substations in various regions of Ukraine.
“Each of the attacks was combined in nature and carried out using dozens of drones and missiles. The enemy carried out the most shelling on thermal and electrical generation facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Chernihiv regions,” the SBU said.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s critical infrastructure with Iskander, Kalibr, Kh-101, and Kh-69 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as Geran drones.
Such strikes during a period of severe cold weather led to large-scale power and heat outages, as well as disruptions to water supply in the homes of millions of Ukrainian civilians.
The Security Service classified Russia’s destruction of Ukraine’s energy system as a crime against humanity (Article 442-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), as it constitutes the systematic creation of living conditions aimed at destroying part of the population.
“One of the features of this article is that it defines this category of shelling as crimes of an international nature, for which severe punishment is provided for in both Ukrainian and foreign courts,” the Security Service noted.