Leonie Chapman 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@leoniechapman.bsky.social)

Kyiv: Ukraine wins the battle for winter, enters spring with resilient power grid and front-line gains Ukraine has entered spring with its power system intact and improved positions on the front line, as Russia’s campaign to cripple infrastructure failed to achieve a strategic effect. Taras Chmut, head of the “Come Back Alive” foundation, said Ukraine won “the battle for winter,” while Russia’s effort fell short. He shared the message on the first day of spring. “Russia lost the ‘battle for winter.’ And we won. The first day of spring. The sunny day is getting longer. It’s getting warmer. Ukraine continues to fight,” Chmut wrote. According to Chmut, Ukrainian troops “for the first time in many months, and perhaps years, have begun to liberate more territory than they are losing.” Moscow’s bet on striking Ukraine’s energy sector during the cold months did not deliver a strategic outcome. Despite mass attacks, the national grid kept operating. Ukraine did not descend into chaos, and government services maintained control. According to Chmut, for the first time in many months—possibly years—Ukrainian forces have begun liberating more territory than they are losing, marking an important psychological and military turning point after a difficult period. He thanked service members, air defenses, energy workers, utility crews, local and central authorities, and citizens for their resilience. His verdict on winter is unequivocal: Ukraine withstood the blow. With the change of season, the load on the power system eases, daylight hours increase, and heating demand drops—factors that objectively reduce the effectiveness of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure. Ukraine enters this more favorable period with its energy supply system preserved. https://www.uawire.org/kyiv-ukraine-wins-the-battle-for-winter-enters-spring-with-resilient-power-grid-and-front-line-gains