A free press & media kit for Freezing a Nation, the investigation into Russia's campaign against Ukraine's heat and power. Every fact below is sourced in the full piece. Free to quote, excerpt, translate or republish.
The story in one line
Russia has spent four winters attacking Ukraine's heating and power on purpose — a documented campaign to make a civilian population survive January without warmth — and the International Criminal Court has already issued arrest warrants over it.
Citable facts
• ~12,700 drones and ~2,900 missiles fired at Ukraine's energy infrastructure over four years.
• 30 Sept 2026: ~190 drones and missiles in one night, seven killed, emergency cuts in Kyiv for the first time since spring.
• Strikes on Kyiv's heat-and-power plants cut central heating to ~6,000 apartment blocks at a time; last winter millions had power only a few hours a day across 17+ regions.
• ICC arrest warrants over the grid strikes: Kobylash & Sokolov (5 Mar 2024); Shoigu & Gerasimov (25 Jun 2024).
• Legal basis: ICRC protection of civilian energy objects; Additional Protocol I Article 54(2) (objects indispensable to civilian survival); the proportionality rule.
• Ukraine's SBU documented 256 energy attacks in one heating season and calls it crimes against humanity — its own assessment, not a court finding.
Downloads
• Parliamentary / constituency briefing (PDF) — the facts plus three specific asks and suggested written questions.
What actually helps (for a call-to-action box)
Aid that reaches the radiator: UNITED24 (u24.gov.ua), Razom for Ukraine, UNICEF Ukraine, Warm Up Ukraine. Political: press representatives for air defence and winter-energy equipment (transformers, mobile substations, generators). Accountability: keep the ICC warrants and the targeting of civilian heat visible.
Sources
UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine; UN News; the International Criminal Court; Human Rights Watch; the ICRC; Amnesty International; FIDH; Ukrenergo and Ukrainian government statements; and reporting by Al Jazeera, France 24, CNBC and the Christian Science Monitor (2026). Full links in the investigation.
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