The Fight for Light installation, one of the artefacts of the russian-Ukrainian war, has become part of the exhibition at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II.
This is a destroyed 40-tonne transformer of a Ukrainian thermal power plant that suffered from numerous massive enemy attacks on the energy infrastructure.
Since September last year, the installation has been temporarily available to Kyiv residents and guests of the capital on Kyiv's Kontraktova Square. But on the 4th year of the enemy's unprecedented energy terror, it was memorialised in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of War.
Photo: National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II
The destroyed transformer is only a fragment of the large-scale destruction of the Ukrainian energy sector as a result of russian attacks. Since the beginning of the invasion, russia has fired more than 2,300 missiles and drones at Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Ukraine has lost 10 GW of generation capacity due to enemy attacks. Another 18 GW of generation is occupied, including hydroelectric power plants, thermal power plants and the largest in Europe Zaporizhzhia NPP.
Handing over the transformer to the National Museum of History of Ukraine is another act of preserving the truth about the aggressor's crimes and the struggle of Ukrainians for light, freedom and dignity.
‘Such exhibits are direct evidence of crimes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure. This is material evidence of what the modern war unleashed by russia against our country looks like. That is why we must do everything to preserve this artefact as material evidence of the aggressor's crimes, demonstrate the resilience of the Ukrainian people and perpetuate the memory of the struggle for the country's energy independence,' commented Yurii Savchuk, Director General of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II.
‘This transformer is not just a fragment of the war. It is a symbol of the struggle of our power engineers who bring back light to the homes of millions of Ukrainians every day under fire. Its history is the history of the entire energy sector of the country, which relies on people. We are grateful to the Museum of War History for preserving this memory - not only of past wars, but also of the one that is ongoing today. Because memory is also our weapon,’ said DTEK Energy CEO Oleksandr Fomenko.