In Iraq, no strikes were made on infrastructure for the sole purpose of terrorizing and killing civilians. Even in those instances where the strike and their military benefit was rather vague, it didn't matter since the US priority was to get humanitarian services back up after defeating the enemy as fast as possible.
Here, there is no military benefit whatsoever, and the purpose is to hopefully strike Ukraine hard and often enough that maybe they'll freeze to death in the winter.
Luckily, this is as impossible and stupid a goal as any. As long as Ukraine is supported by the West, repairs will always be made to their grid, as they were today after just a few short hours of downtime.
In Iraq, electricity and communications were the first to go.
We RAVAGED Iraq’s energy infrastructure. They had zero electricity because all their powerlines were laying on the ground - after we trashed them all.
I know because I was there. You’re a loser/idiot who just makes $**t up.
“Here, there is no military benefit whatsoever, “
Of course there is. It shuts down large amounts of transportation infrastructure, it complicates communications, supply depot work, and creates a ton of headaches for the Government who has to divert resources and efforts to support the affected population. Water purity becomes a problem. Food storage becomes a problem. Airbases (if they have any left), radars, etc are all degraded because not they have to run on generator power. Generators need fuel, maintenance, etc.
Then last, by degrading morale, people may begin to get annoyed with Zelinsky. Uke propaganda is much harder to distribute if people cannot turn on the TV...
You may not like it, but there are plenty of military benefits.