According to the Energy Research Center director, Oleksandr Kharchenko, Ukraine lost 10-12% of the generating capacity that was available at the time of the first attack on March 22 due to the latest intense attacks on the energy system. He added that restoring these capacities quickly will not be possible; at best they will return to operability before the next heating season.
At the same time, Dmytro Sakharuk, the Executive Director of the energy company DTEK, said that 80% of DTEK’s thermal generating capacity was damaged or destroyed in the March attacks.
On March 29 alone, Russia attacked three DTEK thermal power plants and two Ukrainian hydroelectric power plants – the Kaniv and Dniester HPPs, which pose an ecological disaster threat for Ukraine and Moldova.
One of the largest thermal power plants, Zmiivska TPP in the Kharkiv region, was destroyed in the March 22 shelling.
In this regard, Ukraine will provide its partners with a list of urgent needs to restore the generation capacities of energy companies in the state and private sectors.