Key Facts

• The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine submitted its report to the UN General Assembly on Monday.
• The commission examined Russian attacks on heating plants, power lines, gas facilities, and other energy infrastructure since autumn 2022.
• The report said the attacks grew in frequency, intensity, and geographic reach, involving waves of hundreds of drones and missiles.
• During the winter of 2025–2026, temperatures fell to minus 21 degrees Celsius, and millions of people faced lengthy outages of heating, electricity, water, and gas.
• The commission said Russian commanders knew the targeted heating facilities were essential to civilians and concluded that attacks on civilian objects constituted war crimes.
• Commission chair Erik Mose said attacks had intensified again as the cold season approached, raising concerns about risks to civilian life and health.
• The report also accused Moscow of human trafficking in connection with recruiting foreign fighters into Russia’s armed forces, and said many recruits were killed, went missing, injured, or captured.
• A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia injured four people overnight on Monday, according to the regional governor.