Russia attacks energy facility in Dnipro region
26 February 09:52
The Russian Federation does not stop its energy terror against Ukraine. During another massive attack, the occupiers struck at a DTEK energy facility in the Dnipro region. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi with reference to the DTEK press service.
“Russia continues its energy terror. Today, during a massive attack, Russian occupants hit a DTEK facility in the Dnipro region,” the statement said.
DTEK specialists are currently working to eliminate the consequences of the attack and are doing everything possible to restore power supply.
Ukrainian energy companies have been repeatedly targeted by the Russian military. The shelling of critical infrastructure continues and poses significant risks to the stable supply of electricity across the country.
Despite the difficult circumstances, repair crews immediately started restoration work. The Ukrainian power system continues to operate, and specialists are making every effort to minimize the consequences of the attacks.
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Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
Throughout 2024, Russia carried out regular massive attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector. For example, on March 22, 2024, Russia carried out one of the most massive attacks in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular,DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
The Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were heavily damaged.
After that, power outages started again in Ukraine, and the government raised the electricity tariff by 60% at once.
In this situation, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Center has criticized these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on August 26. This time, they hit distribution and power generation systems, and the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant was also attacked.
Russia carried out the most massive shelling of Ukraine on November 17, 2024, firing 127 cruise, ballistic, and supersonic missiles and 109 attack drones. DTEK reported serious damage to its thermal power plants.
After that, some experts predicted that blackouts could last until spring. And the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine voiced the worst-case scenario, which envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.
However, as of early February, these predictions turned out to be wrong. Ukraine quickly coped with the consequences of the November shelling and went through most of the winter without massive power outages.
