Just outside #Kyiv is a smoking crater where one of Ukraine's largest power plants used to be.

The bombed-out ruin of the #Trypilska Thermal Power Plant — the main electricity producer for millions of people — is a symbol of a devastating shift underway in Ukraine. In recent weeks, Russia has started inflicting far more permanent damage on Ukraine’s energy system.

https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-bombing-ukraine-darkness-leaving-europe-short-power/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US

Putin is bombing Ukraine into darkness — and leaving Europe short of power

The EU relies on Kyiv for energy. So Russia is attacking the critical storage sites that hold Europe’s gas.

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#Israel's right to exist is rightly actively defended militarily by the #USA and #GB

#Ukraine does not even receive the rockets and grenades it needs to defend its right to exist
Example. #Trypilska power plant destroyed because not enough defense missiles

#Russia

Das Existenzrecht #Israels wird von #USA und #GB zu Recht aktiv militärisch verteidigt

Die #Ukraine erhält zur Selbstverteidigung ihres Existenzrechts nicht einmal die benötigten Raketen und Granaten
Beispiel. #Trypilska Kraftwerk zerstört,weil zu wenig Abwehrraketen

#Russland

"La centrale elettrica di #Trypilska è stata distrutta dalla #Russia perché l'#Ucraina ha finito i #missili per difenderla"

#Zelensky: "Farò un esempio, un esempio molto semplice, la centrale elettrica di Trypilska. L'elettricità nella regione di Kiev dipende da essa. Undici missili erano diretti verso di essa. I primi sette, li abbiamo abbattuti. Quattro hanno distrutto la centrale di Trypilska".

Perché?

"Perché avevamo zero missili. Li avevamo finiti tutti", ha detto Zelensky a PBS.

#Trypilska power plant was destroyed by #Russia because #Ukraine ran out of missiles to defend it – President #Zelenskyy.

"I will give you one example, a very simple example, the #Trypilska power plant. Electricity in the #Kyiv region depends on it. Eleven missiles were headed towards it. The first seven, we took down. Four destroyed #Trypilska_TPP. Why? Because we had zero missiles. We ran out of all missiles," #Volodymyr_Zelenskyy told #PBS.

Video: #Zelenskiy explains how shortage of air defense missiles enabled #Russia to destroy #Trypilska thermal power plant last Thursday

#UkraineWar #Ukraine

#Trypilska thermal plant, which supplies much of power to 3 #Ukraine regions in north, destroyed in #Russia missile strike near #Kyiv

Damage to other power stations on Thurs.

#Zelenskiy: "We need air defense systems and other defense assistance, not just turning a blind eye"

"#russian terrorist bastards"

"We're all working as hard as we can. We're raising... God, we're cherishing this plant."

An employee of the #Trypilska thermal power plant in the #Kyiv region told about the consequences of the #Russian attack on the night of Thursday, April 11.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691