{"id":4105,"date":"2025-10-02T14:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:38:41","slug":"ukraine-threatens-moscow-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/ukraine-threatens-moscow-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine threatens \u2018Moscow blackout\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev has for months been striking Russian energy facilities and residential areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine’s leadership has threatened to conduct long-range strikes on Moscow that could cause a full blackout if Russia tries to cause massive outages in Kiev this winter.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky said last week that Kiev would retaliate to any Russian effort to completely disable Kiev’s energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n

“If Russia sets a goal of a blackout in Ukraine every winter, then I am not sure that the response of Ukraine and its partners should be any different… If they threaten a blackout in the capital of Ukraine, then the Kremlin should know that there will be a blackout in the capital of Russia as well,”<\/em> Zelensky said, without elaborating on how he plans to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Ukraine’s chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Andrey Gnatov, reiterated the threat, warning that “any action of the enemy that is aimed at harming our country will receive a symmetrical response.”<\/em> He vowed that Kiev “will find opportunities, find weapons, and conduct these operations.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Ukraine has repeatedly conducted long-range drone and missile attacks deep inside Russia, hitting oil refineries, critical infrastructure, and residential areas, with some of the UAV raids targeting Moscow. Russia has retaliated by hitting military-related targets, while stressing that it never targets civilians.<\/p>\n

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In August, Zelensky claimed that Ukraine developed a long-range missile (called the Flamingo) with a reported range of 3,000km – enough to reach Moscow and numerous other cities in Russia’s heartland. The Ukrainian leader, however, said that mass production is not expected for the next several months.<\/p>\n

US officials have also said they are considering supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, with a range of 1,600km which could also reach Moscow. The Kremlin warned it would respond “appropriately”<\/em> and argued these missiles would not be a battlefield “panacea.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Last month, President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia would not tolerate Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure, warning that this would trigger a “serious retaliation.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiev has for months been striking Russian energy facilities and residential areas Ukraine’s leadership has threatened to conduct long-range strikes on Moscow that could cause a full blackout if Russia tries to cause massive outages in Kiev this winter. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky said last week that Kiev would retaliate to…<\/p>\n

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