As a result of the Russian attack, the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in the Kyiv region was completely destroyed, Andrey Gota, chairman of the supervisory board of the Centernergo company, told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
“All the workers who were on shift during the shelling are alive,” Gota said. According to him, a large-scale fire occurred in the turbine shop of the station. Currently, work is underway at the enterprise to localize the fire.
Trypilska Thermal Power Plant is the most powerful power plant in the Kyiv region, it is located in the city of Ukrainka and generates about 57% of all energy produced by enterprises in the region.
< p>Damage to a critical infrastructure facility in the region was previously reported by the administration of the Kiev region.
The mayor of the city of Ukrainka, Alexander Turenko, called on local residents to close the windows in their houses “to avoid breathing in harmful combustion products” and to make “maximum supplies of water” and charge phones. Ukrainian media published a video of a fire at a thermal power plant.
On the night of April 11, the Russian army launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the night of April 11. In addition to the Kyiv region, electrical substations and generation facilities were damaged in the Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Lviv regions. The Naftogaz of Ukraine company said that two underground gas storage facilities in the country came under fire.