🔥 Destruction

Russia attacked DTEK thermal power plants in several oblasts, seriously damaging key equipment.

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russia has attacked DTEK thermal power plants in several oblasts, seriously damaging key equipment.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia struck facilities crucial to the operation of Ukraine's nuclear power plants, with one unit automatically shut down and power generation reduced at nuclear plants

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia targeted high-voltage substations and 750-kilovolt and 330-kilovolt overhead transmission lines

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Burshtyn and Dobrotvir thermal power plants in western Ukraine were struck

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

DTEK thermal power plants suffered significant damage, the 220th attack on thermal generation facilities since the start of the full-scale invasion

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T23:29:20.049Z

Source story: 8020162