Russia's attack on the thermal power plant, Power Plant 5, in Kharkiv on March 22 has left the facility destroyed, leading to a significant loss of power supply for the city. The plant, crucial for providing electricity and heating to Kharkiv, has been out of order since the assault, affecting over a million residents. The attack is part of a broader campaign targeting energy facilities across Ukraine, with reports of extensive damage to multiple plants, including the DneproGES. Ukrainian energy company DTEK announced a 50% loss in energy capacity due to the attacks on approximately 15 facilities on the same day. Efforts to rebuild the damaged plants are expected to be complex and time-consuming, with significant challenges in restoring power to affected regions.
Ukraine's energy infrastructure is a few big cruise missiles attacks away from major problems. If Putin wanted to do it, he could do it today. Almost all thermal power plants are either out of action with years to repair or functioning but lost 20-50% of its capacity due to…
⚠️ "All units of the Burshtynska and Ladyzhynska thermal power stations were damaged as a result of the large-scale attack of the Russian Federation on the energy industry on March 22", — DTEK executive director Dmytro Sakharuk ❗️ "The power units are in varying degrees of… https://t.co/aqVfxYAHi7
A year ago I visited the gigantic Burshtyn thermal power station in Western Ukraine. In spite of 6 cruise missile attacks, 80-85% was still working. Last to Friday a massive Russian cruise missile attack took out the whole plant for the time being. Ukraine needs more air defense.
⚡️Russian attacks on Dnipro hydroelectric plant caused $3.5 million in environmental damage. Russia's attack on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant on March 22 have caused at least $3.5 million in environmental damage, although that figure is expected to rise, Ukraine's…
This is Kharkiv's main power station, crucial for providing power and heating to the second-largest city in Ukraine. The Russians have been trying to destroy it for two years and they finally got through Ukraine's depleted air defenses on March 22nd. Donald Trump and Mike… https://t.co/Q2ALCi5JVK
Russian Aerospace Forces switched off Kharkov In Kharkov, there is a “catastrophic shortage” of electrical power; residents are asked to minimize the use of boilers. This was reported by Kharkov Heating Networks. https://t.co/lnWJ5QxdnJ
After Harkiv, a big city in eastern Ukraine, lost its biggest electricity station to Russian bombings, city has a sharp shortage of power. Really hard times for Harkiv - a legendary city with so many interesting stories in it and formerly with a very developed business sector.
This is what CHPP-5 in #Kharkiv, which was destroyed as a result of the attack of the occupiers on March 22, looks now. It will take years to rebuild it. https://t.co/3x58SgWWty
In Kharkiv and parts of the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, 200,000 people remained without electricity after attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. Emergency power outages have also reportedly been introduced in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa - the Guardian
Kharkiv restores power supply to all critical infrastructure after Russian attacks https://t.co/hA1qopYpWv
🇷🇺🇺🇦Consequences of the strike of the Russian Armed Forces on the DneproGES on March 22, 2024 Last Friday, for the first time since the spring of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive attack on energy facilities in ten Ukrainian regions. One of the main targets was… https://t.co/iJKHFEW7A1
#NEW ⚡️🇺🇦— Ukrainian energy distribution company DTEK announced that it lost 50% of its energy capacity due to approximately 15 energy facilities being hit on March 22. -Ukrinform
❗️A photo of a thermal power plant in #Kharkiv destroyed by Russia's attack on March 22 has appeared on social media. https://t.co/NBBn5TH877
Kharkiv's main power station, crucial for providing power and heating to the second-largest Ukrainian city, destroyed by missile attack on March 22nd. Reconstruction will be as complex as building a new one. Russia has repeatedly attempted to destroy this facility for two years https://t.co/EidRysrZTy
This is how the thermal power plant in Kharkiv (eastern #Ukraine) looks today after the #Russian aerial assault on 22 March. This plant supplied electricity to the entire city of Kharkiv, where more than a million people live. Now the plant is out of order due to 🇷🇺strikes. https://t.co/0DHwVwMWsm
Ukrainians report that the Power Plant 5 in Kharkov has been damaged beyond repair for several years https://t.co/EmcSkQbmrh