# Winter is coming: Putin seeks to 'hammer Ukrainians, their power grid, their water supplies'

https://mins.news/en/item/141302

- France 24, 2026-11-12 18:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261112-winter-is-coming-putin-seeks-to-hammer-ukrainians-their-power-grid-their-water-supplies

> Renewed efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine face slim odds of a negotiated settlement, amid irreconcilable territorial claims, competing visions of European security and an increasingly unpredictable US approach to mediation that favors Moscow. Russia expert Mark Galeotti says the Kremlin’s maximalist rhetoric can mask a strategy of sounding bullish before making concessions at the last moment. The Donbas dispute remains a major obstacle, as neither side appears ready to yield territory.

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