Russia lashed out on Oct. 10, striking many Ukrainian cities with 84 missiles and 24 exploding drones. The places they hit were all civilian — multiple power plants but also a children's playground in the center of Kyiv. Most strikes seemed to be timed to the Monday morning rush hour as if trying to kill as many commuters as possible. From the battlefield perspective, the Russian armed forces just dropped hundreds of millions of dollars to achieve basically nothing. Why did Russia choose to do this? What did it try to accomplish? And how will it affect the Ukrainian energy sector? After the latest Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, the Ukrainian authorities decided to limit consumer energy supply. Yuriy Korolchuk, an expert at the Institute of Energy Strategies, believes it was the right decision to make. Yuriy Zipov lived with his wife and daughter in Vyshgorod, the ancient town on Kyiv’s northern outskirts, but after February 24th, they moved to Lviv. He believed it was safer in Western Ukraine, and there were no air raid alarms. But after the latest Russian attack, the situation changed.