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Russia destroyed the Tripilia thermal power plant, located about 45 kilometers south of Kiev, in last morning’s attack with more than 40 missiles, according to the company responsible for the infrastructure, Centrenergo, reported today.
“As a result of today’s massive attack, Federation forces Russian They completely destroyed the thermal power plant tripilylocated in the Kiev region”, says a company statement cited by the Ukrainian agency Ukrinform.
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With the destruction of this plant, Centrenergo lost all its generation capabilities, after a previous Russian attack destroyed its plant in the northeast region of Kharkiv.
The company’s other thermoelectric plant is located in eastern Donetsk region and is under Russian occupation.
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As Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal revealed this month, Ukraine lost 80% of its thermal generation capacity of electricity in the campaign of Russian attacks against the Ukrainian energy system in recent weeks.
Russia attacked Ukraine again today with more than forty missiles and a similar number of drones. Several electricity production plants and an undetermined number of electrical substations were damaged in five different regions of the country.
The current Russian bombing campaign against the Ukrainian energy system threatens to destroy a large part of Ukraine’s electricity production and distribution system. Ukrainewho fears he won’t be able to repair it in time for peak winter consumption.
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Russia It already launched another similar campaign in late 2022, when millions of Ukrainians suffered months-long electricity and heat cuts due to damage caused by Russian missiles and drones.
Source: Elcomercio
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