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.
DTEK Group is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector, with 55,000 employees and over €12 billion of capital invested since 2005.
Our businesses generate electricity at wind, solar and thermal power plants; distribute and supply power to end consumers; extract natural gas and coal; trade energy resources on Ukrainian and foreign markets; and provide domestic and commercial energy services.
Over the last 20 years, DTEK has grown into a national energy leader and is today transforming into a pan-European clean energy business.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, DTEK Group has restored power to millions of consumers across regions affected by hostilities.
DTEK Group is 100% owned by SCM Holdings. The ultimate beneficiary and sole shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman and philanthropist.