{"id":702562,"date":"2026-01-17T17:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/702562\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:41:10","slug":"russia-considers-strikes-on-ukrainian-nuclear-substations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/702562\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Considers Strikes on Ukrainian Nuclear Substations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/regions\/fire-erupts-after-russian-attack-on-odesa-s-energy-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s Defense Ministry Intelligence Directorate has said that <a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/regions\/russia-ukraine-agree-iaea-brokered-ceasefire-on-zaporizhzhya-npp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russian <\/a>forces are reportedly considering attacks on Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/interview\/nuclear-energy-in-kazakhstan-will-a-power-plant-solve-the-electricity-deficit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nuclear power substations<\/a> in an effort to leave civilians without electricity and heating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia is exploring options to target strategic energy infrastructure-specifically electricity transmission substations that supply Ukrainian nuclear power plants-to force Ukraine to accept unacceptable surrender demands,\u201d the Defense Ministry Intelligence Directorate said, <a href=\"https:\/\/caspianpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Caspian Post<\/a> reports via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ua\/ukr\/news\/ukrayina-mozhe-zalishitisya-svitla-i-tepla-1768660243.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ukrainian media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow also aims to intimidate European and Western countries, attempting to curb support for Ukraine and weaken its ability to defend critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy destroying or disabling these substations, Moscow seeks to disconnect nuclear power units from Ukraine\u2019s unified energy system, leaving civilians entirely without light and heat,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Since autumn 2025, Russia has resumed its campaign of strikes against Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure, leaving many Ukrainian cities without electricity and heating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry Intelligence Directorate has said that Russian forces are reportedly considering attacks on Ukraine\u2019s nuclear power&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[196104,332],"class_list":{"0":"post-702562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-caspian-post","9":"tag-russia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115911674082880803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}