Air strikes destroy major Kyiv power plant
The Trypilska power plant was the biggest energy facility near the capital with a capacity of 1800 MW.
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Ukraine, Kyiv: Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large power plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday. The attack destroyed the Trypilska coal-powered thermal power plant near the capital. Social media footage showed a fire raging at the facility and smoke belching from it. Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video as the Trypilska station.
The Russian defence ministry said it hit fuel and energy facilities in Ukraine in what it described as a massive retaliatory strike using drones and high-precision, long-range weapons from air and sea, adding that the strikes were a response to Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s oil, gas and energy facilities.
The destroyed power plant is a major supplier for the capital and Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions. It was the biggest energy facility near the capital with a capacity of 1800 MW, more than the pre-war needs of Ukraine’s biggest city.
The Ukrenergo grid operator said its substations and power generating facilities had been damaged in attacks on the regions of Odesa, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Kyiv, whole Ukraine’s largest private electricity company DTEK, which lost 80% of its generating capacity in attacks on March 22 and March 29, said the attacks hit two of its power stations. Ukraine’s grid operator urged people to minimise their use of electricity in the peak evening hours.
Source: Reuters