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Nobody has ever said, I am scared, I cannot go – DTEK`s energy worker for The Wall Street Journal

18 January 2023, Ukraine
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Nobody has ever said, I am scared, I cannot go – DTEK`s energy worker for The Wall Street Journal
Nobody has ever said, I am scared, I cannot go – DTEK`s energy worker for The Wall Street Journal
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In these words, an energy worker named Andriy, who is in charge of fixing and maintaining the electric supply for DTEK in the Kyiv region, likened his band of electrical workers to a family to the journalists of The Wall Street Journal.

Emergency teams risk their lives and brave subfreezing temperatures to keep the power on.

The workers clambering over the charred remains of an electricity transformer at a Ukrainian power station are fighting on one of the war’s most important fronts: protecting Ukraine’s power grid.

“We are a battalion of electricians,” said Volodymyr Ovdei, a 64-year-old worker.

Learn more here – The Wall Street Journal.

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.