Thermal power plants hit, causing significant damage, 7 people injured, 1 dead
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2022, 12:56
A Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure targets on 18 October has resulted in significant damage, injuries and a death at two thermal power plants (TPPs).
Source: Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK [leading Ukrainian energy company - ed.], on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast on 18 October.
Quote from Sakharuk: "Unfortunately, today the enemy hit 2 of our company’s facilities – 2 thermal power stations. Sadly, 7 workers were injured, and 1 died in an ambulance.
The damage is significant. Facilities critical to the operation of our stations were damaged, and without them, TPPs cannot work normally".
Details: Sakharuk states that inspections are currently underway and individual fires are being extinguished. There is still a chance of finding someone under the rubble.
It will take a long time to restore normal operation.
DTEK’s Executive Director said that the nature of the Russian strikes on energy facilities in Ukraine indicates that information on where to strike and why came from Russian energy workers, without whom military personnel would not have figured it out.
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