In a video interview with PBS News Hour, DTEK Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk spoke to PBS News in their report on the devastating impacts of russia’s increasingly accurate attacks on Ukraine’s vital energy infrastructure.
“This is basically the third year of war. The efficiency these days, unfortunately, is higher because russians develop their skills. They try, they test, they see the results, and just repeat.”
Russia has attacked DTEK thermal power plants 48 times over the past six months, with the recent attacks the most damaging since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
DTEK teams are working around the clock to repair and restore as quickly as possible, but there is an urgent need for access to equipment like generators, turbines and transformers, and air defence systems to protect Ukraine’s energy system to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
