“The situation remains difficult”, said the main Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK. “In order to reduce the load on the grid, electric transport will not work in the city today, and industrial consumption is also limited.”
The Odesa administration stated on the social network Telegram that the city and the region were attacked by several waves of drones launched by Russia. Four were shot down over the regions of Odesa and neighboring Mykolaiv.
The wreckage of a drone which fell caused a fire in the power plant, which was promptly put outadded the administration.
The Ukrainian military claims that air defenses destroyed eight of the nine drones launched by Russia overnight. Most were destroyed in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.
Fire at the Novocherkassk thermal power plant
A fire early Monday at one of the largest thermal power plants in southwestern Russia forced two of its units to stop operating, briefly interrupting supply to customers, the region’s governor said.
There were no casualties and authorities were investigating the cause of the fire at the Novocherkassk plant in Rostov, said the governor, Vasily Golubev, on Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed 11 drones launched overnight over Rostov by Ukraine, but did not reveal whether there was any related damage.
Novocherkassk is one of the largest thermal power plants in southwestern Russia, according to its owner, OGK-2, which is controlled by a subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom.
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