The Economist has featured DTEK in a report on Ukraine's preparations for what could be the most destructive winter of russia's full-scale invasion, quoting both the company's CEO and one of its repair crews on the front line of grid defence.
Commenting on the scale of the attacks, DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko told the magazine: "Strikes have set monthly records for the last four months." He added that even the country's largest facilities remain exposed to russia's ballistic arsenal: "A concentrated ballistic strike can destroy any one of our power plants."
The Economist also spoke to a DTEK repair crew winter-proofing the electricity grid in Bereznyaky, on Kyiv's left bank. Foreman Roman Kravchenko and his crew remain focused on their task: "We'll have done our work, that's all we can do. Now it's down to the guys in air defence."
Read the full article on The Economist's website.
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.