The russian attack on Ukraine's energy system on Friday, March 22, was the largest in the history of full-scale invasion. This was stated by YASNO CEO Serhiy Kovalenko during a telethon, UNN reports.
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The same DTEK group has lost 50% of its generating capacity. (...) We will find out how much time and money it will take to restore it in a few more days. I can say for sure that this process will take more than a day, a week or a month
At night and in the morning of March 22, russians shelled energy infrastructure in several regions simultaneously.
"Так це був один з найстрашніших обстрілів за останні два роки" – Гендиректор Yasno22.03.24, 17:49
The enemy attacked two parts of the system at once - the generating and distribution systems. To start with the former, several types of generation were hit - about 20 substations and the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant. Many of the attacks were on transformers and network nodes that distribute energy. Therefore, this attack can be considered a complex one, as it reduces the ability of our system to generate and transmit
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On the morning of March 24 , a russian attack damaged the above-ground infrastructure of Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities, but did not affect gas supplies to consumers due to the availability of sufficient backup capacity.