Russians place mines at solar power plant in Kherson Oblast before retreating

ANASTASIIA ZHARYKOVA – THURSDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2022, 18:02

Russian troops have placed mines on the premises of a solar power plant in Bilozerka hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.] in Kherson Oblast while retreating from the right bank of the Dnipro River. 

This has been reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine in Kherson Oblast.

Law enforcement officers have pointed out that this solar power plant was a crucial element of the hromada’s energy security before the full-scale invasion. 

During the siege, Russian soldiers looted and damaged the plant; at the moment, it is not functioning, and part of the population is suffering from the lack of electricity and heat. 

Currently, employees are not yet able to start restoring the plant’s activity and electricity supply after liberation of the territory. Experts in the field will head there in the near future in order to conduct an examination of the territory and clear mines.

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