DTEK power station badly damaged in russian drone attack

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DTEK power station badly damaged in russian drone attack

05 June 2026, Ukraine

russia badly damaged a DTEK thermal power plant in an attack with multiple drones on Friday night - the latest terrorist attack on Ukraine's civilian energy sector.

No workers were injured and staff immediately began rapid response repairs to get the power plant back on line.

russia has attacked DTEK power stations approximately 230 times since its full scale invasion - destroying the vast majority of DTEK's generation capacity at least three times since February 2022.

Earlier on Friday, a DTEK employee working at a coal mine in the Dnipropetrovsk was killed when his vehicle was hit by another drone, bringing to 444 the number of DTEK employees killed during the full-scale war.

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About DTEK

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 more than 36 million consumers in regions affected by hostilities.

DTEK Group is 100% owned by SCM (System Capital Management). The ultimate beneficiary and sole shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman and philanthropist.