russia has attacked a civilian DTEK power station for the second night in a row, seriously damaging the power station and halting power production. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
The last attack on the plant occurred the night before, on December 28-29. Over the past two months alone, there have been more than a dozen attacks.
Our teams are busy repairing the damage and working to get the power station back on line.
Yesterday, on January 4, DTEK's frontline thermal power plant, which had been attacked several times before, was once again damaged by attack. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. The attack severely damaged the plant's equipment. After the attack stopped, the company started to repair the damage.
Over the past two and a half months, the enemy has launched more than a dozen attacks on the plant. During one of them, five power engineers were wounded.
DTEK Group is the leader and the biggest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector. DTEK Group employs 55,000 people. Our companies are involved in coal and natural gas extraction; electricity generation from wind, solar, and thermal power plants; energy resources trading in local and international markets; distributing and supplying electricity to consumers; providing energy efficiency services to customers; and developing high-speed charging station networks.
Our Strategy 2030 commits DTEK Group to transforming into a more efficient, eco-friendly and technologically advanced business, guided by ESG principles. Our goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
During the war, DTEK Group has restored power-supply more that 8 million customers in the regions affected by russian hostilities.