Battling to keep the lights on in Ukraine

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Damaged power plant fights to stay online amid attacks

A worker warms himself near a wood stove

A worker at a thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike. November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

When Russian missiles hurtle towards the Ukrainian power plant and employees scramble for the bomb shelter, a handful of workers stay above ground in a control room protected by sandbags to keep the system running manually.

The facility, the location of which energy officials asked Reuters not to identify for security reasons, has been pounded by missiles this year in an aerial assault on the grid that Russia renewed this month as the war's third winter sets in.

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