The new Russian strategy, destroy all power stations in Ukraine

The Russians are now doing what I had assumed they would do on Day 1 of the invasion of Ukraine: They are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure and in particular they are turning the country into an icebox with no electricity and no gas. They did none of these things when they invaded on February 24. Nor did they launch a massive cyber strike to bring down all communications. Now there is a new overall supreme commander of the dwindling Russian forces in Ukraine and clearly his first order was, "bomb the hell out of every power station in the country". Ukraine is dark and freezing and the winter is approaching. The new Russian military boss, General Sergei Surovikin, must have been given carte blanche by Putin to bring the war to an end one way or another. Nukes are the last resort, but first make the Ukrainians shiver with cold and misery and power cuts. If this keeps up, Ukraine will be in a dire situation come the winter. Putin and his general will hope that once the lights go fully out, the Kyiv government will beg for mercy. They won't of course and the next supplies from the West to help them will surely be C-17 shiploads of generators. But the new strategy is devastating for the Ukrainian people. Putin claimed he didn't want to destroy Ukraine but he does want to destroy the willingness of the Ukrainian people to fight on. The next two months are going to be crucial. Putin is hoping it will go his way. But I suspect President Zelensky, the feisty Kyiv leader, has more tricks up his sleeve to undermine if not defeat Putin's objectives.