Ukraine appears to be losing.
Centrenergo has lost all of its power plants.
DTEK has lost 80% of its power generation capabilities.
Ukraine is being forced now to triple energy imports and cease energy exporting.
It really sucks Ukraine has to deal with the disastrous effects of the 2014 democrat-planned coup in Ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ukraine-double-power-imports-monday-with-no-exports-grid-operator-says-2024-04-15/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68813529Ukraine's power plants at the mercy of Russian missiles
Officials in Ukraine say they can "count on one hand" the thermal and hydro power plants across the country that are not yet badly damaged or totally destroyed. As Ukraine scrambles to repair what it can, and keep the electricity flowing to homes and industry, Russia's assault has not stopped.
The attack on 22 March was deliberate and devastating. Five Russian missiles struck the same spot, mangling turbines, generators and transformers and taking the plant offline. A week later, Russia targeted the city's power plants again.
For Ihor Orlovskiy this feels personal.
"It's like looking at the ruins of your own home. It brings pain and tears," the deputy director says, leading me across chunks of metal and stone to the spot where the missiles exploded.
He's worked here since Soviet times.
"It's a very bitter feeling. But this mobilises us too, to build back. Because we know a city of more than a million people is depending on us."
There have been six attacks on this plant since the start of the full-scale invasion, but the one in March was the worst by far.
It was also the most demoralising: it took engineers a full year to repair one section of the plant, then two weeks after it was restarted Russia hit exactly the same spot.
