This winter, Russians have already attacked DTEK's thermal power plants 40 times. This was announced by DTEK's Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk during a telethon.
"There have already been 40 attacks. First of all, large facilities are affected, including thermal power plants in Donetsk region and two in Dnipropetrovsk region. These are accentuated and targeted attacks on our plants so that they cannot supply electricity to the grid," he said.
Sakharuk said that over the past two weeks, Russians have attacked three DTEK thermal power plants. The latest attack took place last night.
"Unfortunately, a lot of drones hit the plant. Critical and large-sized equipment, which is very important for the plant's operation, was damaged. The TPP is currently out of operation, and we are analyzing the damage," he explained.
Sakharuk emphasized that the attack damaged important and valuable equipment that is currently not available for quick replacement, so the recovery time could be significant.
At the same time, power outages in Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk region were avoided. However, Sakharuk explained that the power supply scheme is unreliable because there is no important source of electricity in the region, but power engineers are working to ensure that there are no power outages.
"We are now trying to work with Ukrenergo to ensure the redistribution of electricity to all consumers without any outages," said DTEK's executive director.
