‘Someone has to stay’: how Ukrainian power plant workers keep the country running
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:35:57 +0200
The Guardian visits a Sovietera coalfired thermal installation to explore how it has held up to Russian attacksIn the cavernous turbine hall of a coalfired thermal power plant, deputy chief engineer Oleksandr runs through the extensive damage, pointing out various consequences of numerous Russian strikes over the past two years.Machinery is covered in thick dark streaks of grime, the residue of heating insulation that burned and rained down on the equipment.
A roof girder, 10 metres long, is impaled in the floor.
Oil tanks and machines are strafed with shrapnel marks.
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