▲ View of the Tripilska Power Plant, a large thermal power plant near Kiiu, which was destroyed by a Russian air strike.
Major energy facilities in Ukraine were helplessly destroyed by large-scale Russian airstrikes. On the 11th (local time), foreign media such as CNN reported that Ukrainian power facilities, including the largest thermal power plant near Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, were damaged due to a large-scale Russian air strike using hypersonic missiles.
On this day, a large-scale Russian air raid took place early in the morning. According to reports, Russia launched a total of 82 missiles and drones, including six Kinzal hypersonic missiles, to attack power facilities located throughout Ukraine. In response, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had intercepted 18 Russian missiles and 39 drones, but the Ukrainian air defense network did not show much power. According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian airstrikes on this day attacked infrastructure facilities in the capital Kiev, Zaporizhia and Odessa in the south, and Lviv in the west.
▲ Image of the fire at the Tripilska power plant shared on Novel Media
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest electric power company, said, “This attack caused serious damage to two thermal power plants,” and claimed, “About 80% of the power generation facilities operated by the company were destroyed due to large-scale attacks Russia over the past three weeks.” In particular, it is painful for Ukraine that the Tripilska Power Plant, a large thermal power plant near Kiiu, has been completely destroyed. The Tripilska power plant, considered one of the largest power facilities in Ukraine, is the main source of power for Kiev, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr oblasts. In fact, scenes of the Tripilska power station engulfed in flames were revealed one after the other on social media, and it was confirmed that a huge fire had started in the power plant and that black smoke was rising.
▲ Firefighters extinguish a power facility in Ukraine that caught fire due to a Russian airstrike on the 11th.
Recently, Russia has been continuing its attacks targeting Ukrainian power facilities. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin on the 11th, “Russia’s attack on Ukrainian energy facilities is part of the process of ‘demilitarizing’ Ukraine,” and added, “We will not carries out such attacks in consideration of the humanitarian situation.” “I refrain from doing that,” he said. Foreign experts predict that this attack by Russia will affect the Ukrainian military industry and fuel supply to military units.
In response to this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said via social media “Please do it,” he urged.
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