Russia Announces Will Smash Ukraine's Energy System; Zelensky Blames Others As Kiev Hit Again, Sumy (Alexander Mercouris)

Russia has announced that it is preparing massive strikes against Ukraine’s energy system, a warning that comes as Kiev endures nightly drone and missile attacks and Zelensky scrambles to blame others for the devastating ammunition dump explosion in the city. Alexander breaks down Putin’s mysterious secret decrees, the crippling Black Sea blockade the Daily Telegraph now admits is real, and the advancing Russian offensive toward Sumy, Kharkov and Chernihiv. With Kiev’s power grid on the brink of collapse, is Ukraine’s capital now facing a winter it cannot survive?



Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:47 Nightly Russian strikes on Kiev continue using Geran 4 and 5 drones
00:02:09 Ukraine has lost 90 percent of its civilian storage to warehouse strikes
00:03:46 Russian defense ministry statement on preparing massive energy strikes
00:06:24 Putin's mysterious three secret decrees and what they might mean
00:14:56 Ukraine's energy system already in a dire state before new strikes
00:19:03 The full range of Russian missiles used so far against Ukraine
00:21:44 Kiev ammunition dump strike and the Patriot PAC3 interceptor theory
00:31:16 Daily Telegraph admits the Black Sea blockade is crippling Ukraine
00:42:51 Zelensky demands more drones and blames others for the dump strike
00:50:53 Comparing Junes Moscow drone strike to the current hammering of Kiev
00:51:42 Russian forces capture two settlements in Sumy region
00:53:03 Sumy encirclement underway with Kharkov and Kiev in the crosshairs
00:58:01 Reports of a Russian buildup in Bryansk aimed at Chernihiv region
01:04:38 Why the strikes on Kiev look like a softening up operation
01:09:20 Russian troops reportedly entering the former Kakhovka reservoir
01:12:20 Ratcliffe's Moscow visit and the real diplomatic effort behind it
01:18:54 Frozen Russian assets debate and Merz threatens new sanctions

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 1, 2026.]