Power Engineers for the First Time Showed Kyiv Residents How TPP Equipment Looks After Russian Strikes

The installation includes a power transformer destroyed by russia, which was operating at one of DTEK's thermal power plants. This transformer, like dozens of others, was damaged by numerous massive enemy attacks on the energy sector — it survived several hits by shrapnel and was eventually totally destroyed.

The presented installation allows Ukrainians to personally see and assess the scale of destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities that have suffered more than 1,000 russian attacks since October 2022. As a result, the enemy has destroyed almost 90% of all thermal and 45% of hydroelectric generation, and our country has lost 9 GW of capacity due to this year's shelling.

The installation was organized by DTEK and the NGO “Port of Culture” with the support of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

“The energy infrastructure of every region without exception has been affected by the shelling. The enemy is attacking power facilities across the country with drones almost every day, especially in the frontline regions, in between massive missile strikes. Our power engineers are making titanic efforts to preserve the integrity of the power system and provide our citizens with electricity in such extremely difficult conditions”, said Yurii Sheiko, First Deputy Minister of Energy.

“The exhibited transformer has its own history — after the shelling, it burned for a day because it could not be extinguished. And, unfortunately, due to the large-scale damage, it cannot be restored. We installed it in Kyiv so that everyone could see it with their own eyes, just as power engineers at TPPs and other energy facilities do. However, despite all the difficulties and daily risks of coming under enemy fire, Ukrainian power engineers continue their battle for electricity”, said Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Officer of DTEK.