Russia Holding Ukraine's Power Hostage to Freeze Them 'Into Submission'

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., has stated that Russia's missile attacks on the Ukrainian power grid aim to freeze the Eastern European country "into submission," while Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned that Kyiv has to put an end to the war if "they don't want to perish."

Thomas-Greenfield said during a security council meeting to discuss the attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin insists on reducing Ukraine's energy facilities to "rubble" as the war rages.

"Putin's motive could not be more clear and more cold-blooded. He is clearly—clearly—weaponizing winter to inflict immense suffering on the Ukrainian people. He has decided that if he can't seize Ukraine by force, he will try to freeze the country into submission," she said.

Meanwhile, Lukashenko called for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and added that the country is at risk of "complete destruction."