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russian forces launch massive attack against DTEK thermal power plants in Ukraine

22 March 2024, Ukraine
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russian forces launch massive attack against DTEK thermal power plants in Ukraine
russian forces launch massive attack against DTEK thermal power plants in Ukraine
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Earlier this morning on Friday March 22, russia carried out massive attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging equipment at DTEK plants.

Multiple DTEK thermal power plants were hit, causing severe damage.

Initial reports suggest two energy workers at our power stations have been injured. Our assessment of potential other casualties is continuing.

Since the beginning of this heating season, DTEK thermal power plants have been attacked by the enemy more than 40 times, and since the start of the full-scale invasion - more than 160 times.

  • UPDATE

Due to a large-scale enemy attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, power supplies to DTEK's coal mining facilities in the Dnipropetrovs'k region failed.

At the time, 1,060 miners were underground. Immediately after the blackout, the company implemented emergency response plans, switched on backup power supplies and began evacuating miners to the surface. 

As of 11am Ukraine time, almost all miners have been brought to the surface.

Miners are being given medical checks. So far nobody has bee found to have been injured.

DTEK engineers are working to restore power to mines once again using backup systems. No coal is currently being produced but we expect production to resume once the necessary preparatory work is completed.

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.