Kharkiv CHP damaged after strike: restoration currently impossible
As a result of an enemy strike on Kharkiv, one of the city’s key combined heat and power plants (CHP) sustained serious damage, leaving hundreds of apartment buildings without heating.
This was reported by Kyiv24, citing Kharkiv City Council deputy Bohdan Tkachuk.
According to him, 820 residential buildings have been left without heat supply due to the destruction of infrastructure. Water will have to be drained from the heating systems, as restoring the CHP’s operation is currently impossible.
“They will drain the water, because restoring this CHP right now is impossible. They are trying not to disclose more details so as not to provide information to the enemy,” Tkachuk said.
The city has also experienced power outages. The Kharkiv Metro is operating with delays, with train intervals ranging from 10 to 20 minutes. Restrictions have been introduced on some tram and trolleybus routes, and part of the services have been replaced by buses.
On the night of 24 January, Russia struck Kyiv using missiles untypical for recent months. The enemy used heavy Kh-22 and Kh-32 cruise missiles launched from Tu-22M3 strategic bombers. This was reported on air by Yurii Ihnat, Head of the Communications Department of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine is experiencing a serious shortage of missiles for air defence systems, as a result of which some anti-aircraft systems are sometimes left without ammunition ahead of new attacks, Yurii Ihnat also stated.
