DTEK Energy

Russia conducted another drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s power infrastructure overnight, targeting the Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. According to the Ukrainian military, the assault involved 293 drones, 18 ballistic and 7 cruise missiles, of which 240 drones, 5 cruise missiles and 2 ballistic missiles were intercepted. DTEK Energy reported damage to one of its power plants.

DTEK Group CEO Maksym Tymchenko said in a Bloomberg interview that DTEK Energy’s power plants have been attacked six times since Russia resumed strikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in October, with around half of the company’s available capacity damaged or destroyed. He added that the recent attacks have been broad in scope, simultaneously targeting power generation, transmission, distribution, coal mining, and gas production. Repair efforts are becoming increasingly difficult as stocks of pre-existing equipment have largely been exhausted, forcing DTEK to actively source used equipment abroad.