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'It’s a second front line' — The Ukrainian power plant workers battling to make repairs under Russian attacks
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'It’s a second front line' — The Ukrainian power plant workers battling to make repairs under Russian attacks

by Dominic Culverwell

"It’s an interesting feeling during an air attack. Danger, danger, and again danger," says Yurii, a Ukrainian energy worker, from the control center of a war-scarred thermal power plant. Yurii works for DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, as a shift supervisor of the turbine boiler department. His last name, like the name of the plant and its location, cannot be disclosed for security reasons. The company has suffered six mass Russian attacks since October, including on the thermal po

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine denies Russia's claim of capturing town near Pokrovsk, maintains 'control over key positions'

Key developments on Jan. 3-4: * Ukraine denies Russia's claim of capturing town near Pokrovsk, maintains 'control over key positions' * Ukraine slaps sanctions on companies supplying Russia's military industry * Ukrainian drones target Moscow, trigger airport closures, Russia says * Peace deal must include British, French military presence in Ukraine, Zelensky says * Zelensky not considering replacing Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi amid government reshuffle Ukraine's Air Assault Forces refute

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