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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Dark, Freezing Ukraine Heading for ‘Catastrophe’
Kiev urgently needs an ‘energy cease-fire’ to prevent complete collapse of power generation and transmission.
It’s been a gruesome winter in the Northern Hemisphere, from the US east coast, across Europe and all the way to far-East Vladivostok.
In war-torn Ukraine, the severe weather conditions have been worsened by crippling power and heat shortages due to the systematic destruction of power plants and energy transmission stations by Russian drone and missile strikes.
It’s come to a point where the Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) are the only thing keeping the country from a complete energy collapse.
Needless to say, the Russians can’t strike the NPPs without unleashing a radioactive nightmare – but what they can do, and perhaps have started doing, is to disconnect the power plants from the main electrical grid.
A very informative article by Simplicius on Substack shows reports that overnight Russian strikes – with hypersonic Zirkon, Iskander, and other missiles – allegedly hit the major 750 kV substation linking the Rivne NPP to Kiev.
The head of Ukraine’s largest private power producer came to public to warn that Ukraine is nearing a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’, and that any future peace deal ‘must include a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure’.
The last two weeks brought temperatures between 5ºF to -4ºF, while Russian forces continue to deplete Ukrainian capabilities.
“’We are close to a humanitarian catastrophe’, Timchenko said. ‘People get power for 3-4 hours, then a 10- to 15-hour break. We have apartment blocks without heat for weeks already’.
Iran judicial chief says protest instigators to receive no leniency
The head of Iran’s judiciary warns that those behind a recent wave of anti-government protests could expect punishment “without the slightest leniency.”
What began earlier this month as demonstrations against the high cost of living boiled over into a broader protest movement that represented the gravest challenge to the Islamic Republic’s clerical leadership in years.
The protests have abated following a deadly government crackdown, carried out under an internet blackout that left the country largely cut off from the outside world.
“The people rightly demand that the accused and the main instigators of the riots and the acts of terrorism and violence be tried as quickly as possible and punished if found guilty,” judicial chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei is quoted as saying by the official Mizan online news portal.
He goes on to say that “the greatest rigor must be applied in the investigations,” but insists that “justice entails judging and punishing without the slightest leniency the criminals who took up arms and killed people, or committed arson, destruction and massacres.”
Northern Command chief: IDF prepared on all fronts if a US attack on Iran sparks retaliation
IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo says the military is preparing for the possibility that a US strike on Iran could trigger Iranian retaliation against Israel, Channel 12 reports.
“We don’t know where this is heading,” Milo says in remarks broadcast by the network, as tensions continue to mount. “We see the force buildup the Americans are carrying out, both in the Persian Gulf and throughout the Middle East.”
Milo says the military is on heightened alert for any escalation should Washington decide to attack Tehran.
“We are prepared and ready, so that if the US decides to strike Iran, we understand it could affect Israel, with part of the Iranian response possibly reaching here,” he says.
He adds that Israel is also closely watching whether Hezbollah could join a wider confrontation, saying, “We are very alert, very prepared, and ready both in strong defense and in preparing offensive responses.”
Milo also raises concerns about what he describes as a growing “extreme Sunni axis” in the region, citing Turkey and Qatar as “a very big problem.”
Turning to Syria, he says the arena remains “challenging and complex,” warning of the “jihadist tendencies” of the country’s leadership, in an apparent reference to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s past ties to al-Qaeda.
“Therefore, we are now determined not to go backward… to continue a strong defense with full freedom of action in Syria,” Milo says.