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/

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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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