Ukraine’s FM on recent energy strikes: Russia worse than HAMAS

According to Ukrinform, the minister made this statement on the social media platform X.

“Putin did this on October 10th – the anniversary of the first massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in 2022. This is a deliberate demonstration that he has not changed his aggressive actions, terrorist methods, and ultimatums in three years, and he continues to reject any meaningful diplomacy and peace efforts,” Sybiha said.

The minister emphasized that Russia is worse than Hamas.

“Even HAMAS has agreed to a ceasefire and peace efforts. To the contrary, Moscow continues the senseless war it began – the war it cannot and will not win,” he explained.

Sybiha reported that as a result of the attack, a seven-year-old boy was killed in Zaporizhzhia, while dozens of other civilians were injured across the country. Many residents in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and other regions remain without electricity.

The foreign minister stressed that Ukrainian energy workers who are now restoring power urgently need enhanced support from partners.

He noted that depriving people of energy amid falling autumn temperatures amounts to genocide under Article II(c) of the Genocide Convention: creating unbearable conditions of life in order to destroy a national group.

“Pressure on Moscow is the only recipe that can work, but it needs to be strong and consolidated. Economic pressure of biting sanctions, military pressure of stronger support for Ukraine, and political pressure of full isolation,” Sybiha urged.

He added that Vladimir Putin must feel that the cost of continuing the war exceeds the cost of ending it, and that continuing this war endangers his regime.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, during the night of October 10, Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine.