Ukraine's Burshtyn thermal power plant offline due to Russian strike
The Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast has stopped operating following a large-scale Russian attack. People living in the city of Burshtyn now have no water or heating.
Source: Burshtyn Mayor Vasyl Andriieshyn on Facebook
Details: Andriieshyn said Russian forces attacked Burshtyn with Kalibr missiles, other types of missile and Shahed-type drones in an onslaught that went on from 03:00 until 08:00.
Quote: "The missile strikes have caused very serious damage, the plant is at zero."
More details: Andriieshyn said heating will be restored to people's homes within 48 hours, "as stipulated by the regulations on emergencies".
Quote: "We are preparing to start up boiler houses, but the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant may already be back online by then.
However, our goal is not to restore heating within 48 hours, but as early as tomorrow."
Background:
- Russia has carried out its second large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy system since the beginning of the year, with energy facilities in eight oblasts coming under missile and drone strikes.
- Ukraine's nuclear power plants have been forced to reduce their generation capacity as a result of the attack.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's energy facilities have suffered significant damage in Russia's latest attack, which has affected the power situation virtually everywhere in the country.
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