Janine di Giovanni Examines Russia's Weaponization of Winter in Ukraine

In The Guardian this week, CEO Janine di Giovanni examines Russia's systematic targeting of Ukraine's energy infrastructure and the deliberate use of winter as a weapon of war.

As the piece details, repeated strikes on power, heating, and water systems have left civilians facing prolonged blackouts and freezing conditions. These attacks are not incidental consequences of fighting. They are calculated tactics aimed at breaking civilian resilience by making daily life unlivable.

At The Reckoning Project, we document these violations as they occur and preserve them in forms that can support future accountability. When civilian infrastructure is deliberately targeted, the evidence must be recorded clearly and rigorously, so these crimes do not fade into abstraction or impunity.

Janine's analysis was also cited in a Guardian explainer on the latest attacks and their broader implications, underscoring the relevance of this documentation to public understanding and policy debate. Reflecting the core argument of the piece, the explainer notes:

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