Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy system violate international humanitarian law, as Ukrainians brace for a harsh winter following Russia’s invasion, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). According to HRMMU experts, Ukrainians should expect power outages lasting from four to 18 hours per day this winter. “There are reasonable grounds to believe that multiple aspects of the military campaign to damage or destroy Ukraine’s civilian electricity and heat-producing and transmission infrastructure have violated foundational principles of international humanitari…