Russian strike destroys all equipment of Kherson power plant – Naftogaz CEO
Russian forces again attacked the Kherson combined heat and power plant (CHP) of Naftogaz Ukrainy Group overnight Thursday, causing critical damage, acting Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Serhiy Fedorenko said.
Overnight Thursday, Russian forces launched a devastating strike on the Kherson combined heat and power plant (CHP) belonging to Naftogaz Ukrainy Group. Acting Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Serhiy Fedorenko reported that the attack caused critical damage, rendering all heat-generating and power-generating equipment completely destroyed and put out of operation.
According to a statement on the group’s Telegram channel, the plant was targeted with four guided aerial bombs simultaneously. Fedorenko emphasized that the Russians struck an exclusively civilian facility, which supplies heat to a significant portion of residential buildings in Kherson. He stressed that this attack has no military purpose and is solely aimed at terrorizing the civilian population and depriving tens of thousands of Kherson residents of a source of heat ahead of the heating season.
This is not the first time Russian forces have targeted the Kherson CHP; on August 26, Russia struck the plant with guided aerial bombs, causing severe damage to the city's main source of heat.
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