MOSCOW, October 15. /TASS/. Since the beginning of the year, Russian servicemen have struck at least ten Ukrainian hydroelectric and thermal power plants, including combined heat and power plants used for military purposes, according to TASS calculations based on the Russian Defense Ministry’s reports.

The first strike on such an infrastructure facility occurred on August 9, when a combined heat and power plant in Odessa that supported the port's operations was destroyed. On September 1, the Russian Armed Forces struck the Odessa combined heat and power plant. On September 30, the Russian army hit the Kievskaya power substation and hydroelectric power plant, as well as the Tripolskaya thermal power plant. All of these facilities serve Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.

On October 14, Russian servicemen launched a massive strike targeting the Darnitskaya combined heat and power plant, the Kievskaya-5 and Kievskaya-6 combined heat and power plants, the Tripolskaya thermal power plant, and the Kievskaya power substation in the Kiev region. In addition, the Kharkovskaya combined heat and power plant and the Zmievskaya thermal power plant in the Kharkov region were damaged by Russian drone and precision-guided weapons strikes.