In a recent interview with BBC Sounds, Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, provided a stark assessment of the damage to Ukraine's energy system following devastating russian missile and drone attacks. "The situation is very serious. The level of damage is enormous," Sakharuk stated. He explained that all of Ukraine's thermal power...
learn moreMAXIM TIMCHENKO HAILS $61 BILLION US SUPPORT TO REBUILD UKRAINE'S ENERGY SYSTEM AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY "For months, devastating russian missile and drone attacks have crushed our energy system and put millions more Ukrainians in the line of fire. Yesterday, the United States answered our call for help. The $61 billion package passed ...
learn more...ojects would also have wider benefits. According to the article, Ukraine's energy system has been severely damaged by the recent Russian missile and drone strikes, with DTEK losing 80% of its generation capacity and five of its six coal-fired power plants being "seriously damaged." Mr.Timchenko emphasised...
learn more...nko told CNN. "Unfortunately, the enemy has evolved tactics and uses high-precision weapons. The result is a huge increase in its destructive effectiveness compared to 2023." This change in Russian tactics poses an immense challenge for Ukraine's energy sector, which has been working tirelessly to restore power after previous waves of attacks....
learn more...ignificant damage to its power stations. According to the article, DTEK's stations, which account for around a quarter of Ukraine's energy needs, lost the majority of their capacity due to the Russian attacks. DTEK has expressed its hope to restore at least 50% of these losses within the next four months, with an estimated total cost of $230...
learn moreIn a recent report, The Wall Street Journal has revealed the devastating impact of russia's missile-and-drone assault on Ukrainian power stations. The article describes the harrowing moment multiple russian missiles slammed into the turbine hall at a DTEK thermal power plant. A senior engineer said: "When I came to my senses, I realized I was...
learn moreFollowing the spate of recent high-precision russian attacks on DTEK energy infrastructure in Ukraine, a team of ABC News reporters - Tom Soufi Burridge, Natalya Kushnir, and Yuriy Boyko - visited the damaged DTEK thermal power plants to witness the a...
learn more... EU, and an increase in renewable energy generation, Ukraine would have experienced widespread blackouts, as it did in the previous winter campaign. However, Timchenko explains that the current Russian strategy is to "destroy them [power plants] completely because it is not possible to rebuild power stations in a short time." This shift...
learn moreIn the wake of a devastating series of Russian strikes on Ukraine's power infrastructure, a team of Associated Press reporters - Samya Kullab, Evgeniy Maloletka, and Vasilisa Stepanenko - visited the damaged DTEK thermal power plants to document ...
learn moreSiobhán O'Grady and Serhii Korolchuk of the Washington Post visited and reported on a DTEK thermal power plant this month, one of several severely damaged in recent russian attacks. "The fact is that we missed several missiles and drones and [they] have such damage — meaning that definitely we don't have enough air defense," ...
learn more...quo;s plan to create a pan-European energy system uniting Ukraine and the EU. DTEK’s goal is to build a 5 GW portfolio of renewable energy projects in Europe by 2030, via DRI. The link RUSSIAN FORCES LAUNCH MASSIVE ATTACK AGAINST DTEK THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN UKRAINE On Friday, March 22nd, russian forces carried out a massive attack...
learn more...er stations to full operation. In comments to S&P Global on March 28th, DTEK`s Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk detailed the severe damage two of DTEK's thermal power plants sustained in the russian missile barrage on March 22nd. That attack involved 150 missiles and drones used against Ukraine's energy facilities. "The two DTEK power...
learn more...of this winter (compared to winter 2022/23), since the start of this year russia has escalated the number and severity of bombardments. Compounding Ukraine’s shortage of air-defence ammunition, russian drones are becoming more accurate and harder to hit: DTEK facilities (grids and power stations) have already been attacked 150 times in 2024...
learn more...ation like solar and windfarms than big fossil fuel power stations," Timchenko said, noting that he latter are more vulnerable to military strikes. DTEK POWER STATIONS HIT IN FRESH STRIKES BY RUSSIAN INVADERS russia carried out another attack against Ukraine's civilian energy facilities on Febr...
learn moreBritish newspaper The Times reported on the plight of Ukrainians facing a winter in which freezing conditions are compounded by the russian threat to the country’s energy system. "russia will most definitely resort to energy terrorism once again this upcoming winter,”’ the newspaper quotes DTEK CEO as saying. &lsq...
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