The main power plant in Kiev is destroyed by Russian airstrikes

A missile attack carried out by Russia on Thursday destroyed the largest power-generating plant in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine accused the West of “turning a blind eye” to the fact that his country requires additional air defenses. The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that it was successful in shooting down 39 drones and 18 of the incoming missiles. Russia launched a total of 82 missiles and drones, including six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles; however, Ukraine’s air defenses were unable to prevent any of these missiles from reaching their target.

There have been no casualties, and the attack has not caused any power outages in the region of Kyiv, which is the capital of Ukraine, or in any other regions that are supplied by Trypilska Thermal Power Plant. The energy company Centrenergo has reported that the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant (TPP), which was the largest supplier of electricity to the regions of Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr, has been destroyed. The three plants that the company owned and operated have all been destroyed or occupied by Russia, which has resulted in the company losing all of its power generation capacity.

According to a statement released by the company, “A black day in the history of Centrenergo.” “The magnitude of the destruction is truly frightening. It cannot be estimated by money. This is the most difficult obstacle that we have ever faced in the entire history of the company. Russia has been systematically targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over more than two years of war in an effort to break the power grid of the country and, along with it, the spirit of the Ukrainian people. This has been accomplished by depriving the Ukrainian people of electricity, heat, water, and other essential services during the winter months, when temperatures frequently drop below freezing.

While the fire at the Trypilska plant continued to rage, videos that were shared on social media showed massive plumes of smoke billowing from the facility. Following a recent attack by Russia that destroyed the company’s plant in the Kharkiv region, Zmiivska TPP, on March 22, the attack on the Trypilska plant occurred. According to the statement released by Centrenergo, the attack occurred on March 22. The Vuhlehirska TPP, which was the third plant owned by the company, was occupied by Russian troops in the Donetsk region in the month of July 2022. It was stated on the website of the company that the three power plants had a combined capacity of 7690 megawatts throughout their entire design.

In addition, the largest power company in Ukraine, DTEK, stated that Russia launched missile and drone attacks against two power stations that it owns on Thursday, causing “serious damage.” Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the company, which is responsible for producing twenty percent of the country’s energy, has reported that it has been subjected to the most severe attacks in the past three weeks. Approximately eighty percent of the power-generating facilities that it operates had been destroyed by Russian strikes, according to the statement.