The situation in Kyiv’s power system has significantly worsened after massive Russian attacks. Strikes on January 9 and 13 forced a complete shutdown of one generating facility.
Russia’s large-scale, combined assaults across Ukraine throughout January severely worsened the state of the energy system, according to RBC-Ukraine.
Following the January 9 and 13 strikes, which targeted, among other things, critical sites in the capital, Kyiv lost one of its thermal power plants.
Informed sources told the outlet that one of the major combined heat and power (CHP) facilities targeted by Russia cannot be restored.
The report does not specify which plant was destroyed.
During the massive Russian attack on January 9, major combined heat and power plants - CHP-5 and CHP-6, which generate more than half of the capital’s heat and electricity — sustained significant damage in Kyiv.
Serhii Nahorniak, a member of the parliamentary committee on energy and utilities, said no defensive structure could protect a CHP plant from ballistic missiles.
On January 13, Russian forces again struck the capital’s energy infrastructure. The main targets were CHP-5, CHP-6 and the Darnytska CHP. In total, more than 10 missiles and hundreds of drones were launched at the capital in the latest barrage. CHP-5 was hit directly by five missiles.
On January 22, Oleksandr Kharchenko, head of the Energy Research Center, said Kyiv effectively had no power generation left within the city.
