Russia's Energy Sector is in Critical Condition Right Before Winter. - The Russian Dude

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Russia’s energy sector is collapsing under the pressure of a war it can no longer control. As Ukrainian strikes hit Belgorod, Kursk, Stary Oskol, Bryansk, and other border regions, entire cities plunge into darkness, water systems fail, and heat plants shut down. These aren’t isolated incidents—they are the result of a power grid that was already decaying from decades of corruption, neglect, and impossible wartime demands.

The Kremlin once mocked Ukraine’s blackouts while launching massive attacks on civilian infrastructure, but now those same tactics are coming home as the biggest threat to Russia’s internal stability. Substations, oil depots, and heat plants across Russia are in critical condition, overwhelmed by drone strikes and structural collapse. Propaganda tries to spin the outages as “patriotic endurance,” but the truth is simple: Russia’s power grid is falling apart because Putin refuses to end the war. Every blackout, every failed transformer, every regional shutdown is the direct consequence of policies that targeted Ukraine’s energy system and ignored Russia’s own.

The only way to stop the blackouts and prevent a national energy disaster is to end the war—but the Kremlin continues digging deeper, sacrificing Russia’s future to preserve the present. This unfolding crisis exposes the real cost of Putin’s strategy and reveals why the energy sector has become the most dangerous vulnerability inside Russia today.