While this isn’t ‘checkmate’, it’s pretty close.
Sources say that Russian forces have destroyed The Trypilska plant, which is the largest supplier of electricity for the Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr regions. According to Independent.UK:
The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr regions, was struck numerous times, destroying the transformer, turbines, and generators and leaving the plant ablaze.
As the first drone approached, workers hid in a shelter, saving their lives, said Andrii Gota, chairman of the supervisory board of the state company that runs the plant, Centrenergo.
This almost ensures that Ukraine is done, and the end of the war is in sight—though it does not 100% guarantee it.
Russia just captured the power plant that is responsible for providing energy to the country’s capital region, while the Russian army is mere miles from Kyiv.
Multiple videos of the strikes from citizen journalists are currently circulating online:
🚨Russia used supersonic missiles and suicide drones overnight, and again targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine. Reports from Ukraine suggest complete destruction of the Trypilska thermal power plant in the Kiev region. pic.twitter.com/6WOxj9myX7
— RoamingRN (@roaming_rn) April 11, 2024
❗️TASS: The blow was struck at the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant, one of the largest in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/nkIGDzvYzX
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) April 11, 2024
Breaking News From Ukraine-Russia war ⚡🇷🇺🇺🇦
_Russia destroyed Trypilska Thermal Power plant in Kiev in reponse of recent Ukrainian attack on Russian oil Refineries .Tags:|| Tehran || Minsk || Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/LQ7D2Cupyn
— Peace Warrior🇵🇸 (@Kilch_Warrior) April 11, 2024
Ukraine's Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in Kyiv region has been destroyed by Russian missile strikes.
The plant was completed between 1969 and 1972, and is the largest in the Kyiv region. pic.twitter.com/YoQuAuqsBw
— Observer (@byz_observer) April 11, 2024
Daily Mail explained:
Russia has recently renewed strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, and attacks last month blacked out large parts of the country – a level of darkness not seen since the first days of the full-scale invasion in 2022.
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