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Russian missiles attacked DTEK thermal power plants across Ukraine in the early morning of December 25, 2024, causing serious equipment damage.

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Ukrinform Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian missiles (weapon_system) DTEK thermal power plants (location) DTEK Group (organization) Russia (organization) Ukraine's energy system (location) Vladimir Putin (person) Russian forces (military_unit) equipment (location) Ukrainian energy grid (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) X-59 missile (weapon_system) UAV (weapon_system) Kharkiv (location) Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (location) Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (location) DTEK (organization) Russian Federation (organization) DTEK's thermal power plants (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russian troops (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian missiles attacked DTEK thermal power plants across Ukraine in the early morning of December 25, seriously damaging equipment at a number of thermal power plants.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

This is the 13th massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in 2024 and the 10th one on the company's enterprises.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, DTEK thermal power plants have been targeted over 200 times.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russia launched 170 drones and missiles targeting Ukraine's energy grid

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Over 70 missiles including ballistic missiles and over 100 attack drones were launched at Ukraine on Christmas Day targeting energy infrastructure

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy sector with more than 70 missiles and over a hundred UAVs.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces fired 12 missiles at Kharkiv, hitting boiler houses and thermal power plants.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:20.154Z

Source story: 3941679-russians-attack-thermal-power-plants-equipment-seriously-damaged