Thermal power plant unit in Donetsk Oblast shut down due to Russian attacks

One of the units of a thermal power plant (TPP) in Donetsk Oblast has experienced an emergency shutdown due to hostilities, and a 330kV line belonging to Ukrenergo, a Ukrainian national power company, has been damaged.

Source: Ukraine’s Energy Ministry on Telegram

Details: A large-scale attack on a thermal power plant in Donetsk Oblast injured five employees. All of them were taken to hospital.

"The bombardment damaged the power grid equipment and the plant itself. The staff had to shut down one of the TPP's units. Civilian consumers were disconnected from the power supply," the energy ministry reported.

Besides, a 330 kV overhead line belonging to Ukrenergo was disconnected in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast due to significant damage to the wires.

Fighting is ongoing in the area.

Background: 

• Five power engineers were injured in a Russian attack on a thermal power plant in the frontline area.
• On 20 December, the Russians once again attacked one of DTEK's thermal power plants in a frontline area [DTEK is the largest private investor in Ukraine's energy industry – ed.]. No casualties were reported.

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