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.
"Yes, it was one of the worst attacks in the last two years" - Yasno CEO22.03.24, 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.