Reporter's Notebook: "Cold" war in Kyiv as Russia hits country's energy infrastructure

With winter upon them, Ukrainians are hunkering down as Putin's military has began targeting the country's energy suppliers. Fox News's Greg Palkot reports on the latest from Kyiv.

The numbers tell the tale. Some 450,000 people were without power in Kyiv in the past week and nearly 5 million nationwide. Some 40% of the electrical grid has been damaged as well as 80% of the power plants.    Around 450,000 people were out of power last week in Kyiv. It is estimated that figure is closer to 5 million nationwide as Russia continues to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure. (Fox News) A couple walking at night in Kyiv. Some 450,000 people were without power last week. (Fox News) Greg Palkot currently serves as a London-based senior foreign affairs correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 1998 as a correspondent. Follow him on Twitter@GregPalkot.

The word is that energy managers from the days when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union still have all the maps of the power grid, and they are feeding that information to the military side. One Kyiv official branded these Russian electrical engineers…"war criminals."