The Russian-Ukrainian war is about to enter the fourth winter, in a simple contrast, it is not difficult to find that Ukraine is increasingly liking the move, and Russia is increasingly focusing on the move. In the US local time on October 16, 2025, Ukrainian Zelensky again traveled to the United States, to meet with US President Trump, the main purpose is to seek help, especially to get a US-made "Tax" cruise missile.

Russia did not talk loudly, it only took action. According to reports from Ukraine media, in the early morning of October 16, 2025 local time in Ukraine, that is, Zelensky had just landed in the United States. Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine arrived on time as expected, and a large number of drones and 37 missiles came. Zelensky said: Russia "launched more than 300 attack drones and 37 missiles, a considerable number of which were ballistic missiles," adding that "this fall, Russians are attacking our energy infrastructure every day."

The Russian army not only attacked military targets in many places in Ukraine, including areas such as Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Vinnitsa, but also bombed natural gas plants. Among them, it attacked Kharkiv The air strike on the Shebelinka natural gas processing plant in the region caused a fire, with large black smoke and blazing flames on the scene. Ukrainian Gas Company said: Multiple areas have suffered simultaneous attacks and damage, and some vital facilities have stopped operating.

This time Russia intends to attack Ukraine's energy system, not only attacking natural gas plants, but also attacking power stations and substations, causing power outages in eight regions and disrupting power supply to hundreds of thousands of people. Ukraine's State Grid said emergency power outages were implemented in all areas after the attack.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the attack on Ukraine's energy system was in retaliation for Ukraine's attack on Russian energy facilities. In fact, the air strikes on Ukraine have not really stopped for a day. Since the war, Russia has attacked Ukraine's power infrastructure every winter, and the attack on energy facilities has not stopped either.

The effect of Russia's strike is quite obvious. Ukraine used to be an exporter of electricity, but now it has become an importer. Recent strikes have reduced Ukraine's natural gas production by 60%. Coupled with the strike on October 16, 2025, natural gas production is on the verge of collapse.

After the air strikes, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed that Russia fired 320 drones and 37 missiles, and said it shot down 283 drones and 5 missiles.

Not long ago, U.S. media reported that after Russia improved the Iskander M ballistic missile, Ukraine's "Patriot" air defense system's interception rate dropped to 6%. However, when Russia launched 26 Iskander M ballistic missiles at once, it was the largest Iskander M ballistic missile strike, and the interception rate was zero.

Ukrainian President Zelensky, in addition to continuing to complain of being hit by Russia, that is, to NATO for help, this visit to the United States, is mainly for the aid of "Tax" cruise missiles.

The United States 'provision of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine is no small matter. It has already involved the global strategic issues of the United States. Russia has warned that providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will undermine US-Russia relations and lead to further escalation of the situation. The United States does not intend to go to war with Russia, so there will be no limit on military aid to Ukraine.

Russia does not mean any ceasefire, let alone peace talks, the real idea of waging war is only because Russia has confidence and ability to fight it.

In order to cover up its own disadvantage, Ukraine also releases so-called "good news" from time to time. According to a report by the Ukraine media "Kiev Independent", on October 16, 2025, at the Kiev International Economic Forum, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Agency Director Budanov believed that Ukraine's attack on Russian refineries has a greater impact than sanctions. He also stressed that the attack on Russian refineries mainly relies on his own strength, and 99% of the ammunition is produced by Ukraine itself. It is not mentioned at all that Ukraine's drone strikes actually rely on U.S. intelligence, and the target selection is decided by U.S. experts.

Butanov¡¯s assessment of the effect of the strike is not wrong, but there are only two problems, one is that the Western sanctions against Russia do not play a role, and only the Western media dare to say that the sanctions are effective. In fact, his words are more like revealing the nature of Western sanctions: ineffective.

Today¡¯s Ukraine can¡¯t do it, it can only do it by means of a move and seeking the aid of the West, so that it is impossible to win the war.