russians changed “scorched earth” tactic to depriving Ukrainians of heat in winter

"They set themselves such a goal, simply to create a new humanitarian crisis in the winter," environmental monitoring expert Maksym Soroka believes.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, explosions have happened at many TPPs. The last two were on July 18, when the russians shelled the Kryvorizka TPP. On June 22, there was an attack on Ukraine's most powerful Vuhlehirska TPP in the Donetsk region. The Okhtyrska TPP also suffered a lot due to russia's aggression, as Rubryka reports. 

Environmental monitoring expert Maksym Soroka states that aiming TPPs is a new russia's tactic. 

"The scorched earth tactics have changed in russia," says the ecologist. "If 2-3 weeks ago they were actively destroying our agricultural infrastructure, now they have focused on the fuel and energy infrastructure. And I'm not talking about oil depots, no, I'm talking about small and large gas distribution stations, our central gas pipelines, city heat-generating boiler houses, and so on. I can assume that they set themselves such a goal, simply to create a new humanitarian crisis in the winter."

Earlier, Rubryka already reported that the shelling of the thermal power plants could lead to an ecological disaster.