Two thermal power plants of DTEK energy holding, Burshtyn and Ladyzhyn, were severely damaged as a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine's energy system on March 22. DTEK's Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk said in an interview.

"We have lost 50% of our installed capacity. All the units at Burshtyn TPP and all the units at Ladyzhyn TPP were damaged. The power units are in various degrees of damage: from complete to more than 50%... In some cases, it is necessary to build the units almost from scratch," Sakharuk said.

He also added that "Kurakhove TPP is out of service and heavily damaged by the KABs."

In total, the system has lost almost 2 GW of available capacity, Sakharuk said.

According to his forecasts, one or two units of DTEK's TPPs will start working earlier, but in general, it will take 6-24 months or even more to restore.

Sakharuk said that, according to preliminary estimates, large equipment has been destroyed in the amount of about $200 million, but this figure will increase after the defection is completed.

DTEK is going to restore the operation of its TPPs partly at its own expense, but, as its executive director emphasized, "the scale of the destruction is enormous, so we will not be able to recover without the support of international donors."