Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russians managed to destroy the Trypillya thermal power plant because Ukraine had completely run out of missiles to protect it amid a lack of help from allies.
"Why? Because there were zero missiles. We have run out of all the missiles that protected Trypillya," Zelensky said.
Speaking to the PBS news hour on Tuesday, April 16, Zelensky underlined Ukraine’s air defences' critical condition.
“I'll give you a very simple example,” he said.
“Eleven missiles were launched towards the Trypillya [thermal power] station, upon which the electricity supply in the Kyiv region depends. We managed to intercept the first seven, but the remaining four hit Trypillya. Why? Because we had zero missiles left. We have exhausted all the missiles that were defending Trypillya,” the President added.
Russia initiated attacks on energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Kyiv regions early morning on Thursday, April 11.
Ukraine's Air Defense Forces reported the destruction of 21 Russian Shahed attack drones over the Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions. As a result of the attack, the Trypillya TPP was completely destroyed.
Subsequently, the Russian military conducted an airstrike of “smart bombs” on a combined heating and power plant (CHPP) in the Sumy region, part of its critical infrastructure, which led to a large-scale fire in the turbine workshop.
Update on Russia’s ‘Massive’ Overnight Electric Grid Attack
In response to the targeting of critical infrastructure, Zelensky used this example to once again call upon Ukraine’s allies to urgently supply the weapons Kyiv needs, particularly air defense launchers and missiles.
“Frankly speaking, without this assistance, we stand little chance of victory, because we need to be significantly stronger than our adversaries. The current ratio of artillery shells stands at 1 to 10. Can we endure for much longer? No,” Zelensky said.
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@MRGA troll 'Rob Terrapin,
First of all I'm not American, nor British and my nation did not participate in the non NATO / UN sanctioned IRAQ war. In fact it has never started a war.
Secondly almost the entire destruction of civilian infrastructure in Syria and also brazenly attacks against the 'white hat' and other UN sanctioned peacekeeper allies there, was by putin's forces at his autocratic buddy Assad's request. Putin employed the same 'total destruction' technique in Syria as he used in Chechnya, Georgia, and Ukraine. The Syrian refugee surge designed to destabilize NATO allies in the EU.
Regarding Afghanistan attempted to colonize it in 1979. Albeit Russia only lost 15K soldiers ,10 years into the USSR eventually bankrupted . Russia / Wagner has also fomented at least 10 coups in putin's tenure in Asia, Africa, and South / Central America.
But enough of playing russia's whataboutism justification game.
Ukraine does not want to be colonized by russia again. No nation does. They are a sovereign country and can make their own decisions. 143 nations in the UN agreed that Russia's invasion in Ukraine was illegal, and presently 75 nations are supporting Ukraine monetarily to thwart war criminal putins invaders. My nation is one of them.
Ukraine will win...Russia will be a failed state again. It will get smaller again as other currently colonized territories will happily become sovereign again.
It would be a very rare person, if they would take the time to educate themselves on Russian's decades of greed based aggression, that would not want to be more supportive of Ukraine. The information is easy enough to access and assess, but seemingly most don't. Why?
We have seen the power of a good leader that educates and motivates his people to a higher purpose: Zelensky.
We have seen the growing danger of a greedy tyrant that brainwashes and manipulates his people to support his evil pursuits: Putler.
So why the lethargy amongst some Ukraine allied populations? In large part it's because their media is failing them. Most citizens have not had the importance of this wars outcome properly explained to them. They become what they allow ourselves to be fed instead....stupid self indulgent info...stupid self indulgent people. Leadership that still command media attention fails to use this exposure for much that is useful. They also fail to regulate the now constant feed of putin's paid false information.
As concerned western citizens we must hold our political and media leadership accountable. Hound them. Embarrass them to action if necessary.
If we fail Ukraine we have failed both their and our own children. We have failed to stop the spread of putin's malfeasant regime. A future world under the heel of despot tyrants is not a world our children would choose we leave them.
@John,
What greed based aggression do you refer to. The invasion of Iraq where the only government building left standing after the initial onslaught on the largest civilian population Baghdad was the Oil Ministry, the invasion of Afghanistan where amerikan bureaucrats came to enjoy their share of the profits from growing opium, much of the resulting product sold in Ukraine and destroyed thousands of young people, or the invasion of Syria where amerika still squats on the region containing oil wells and grain farms? Perhaps you mean the failed invasion of Libya which reduced the most advanced society in Africa to a failed state?
These are the greed based aggressions of the 21st century and Russia was party to none of them, however Ukraine's 'allies' were, they caused all these disasters of aggression driven by greed just as they are currently doing in Ukraine where their deliberate policies provoked a conflict which Ukraine will never recover from.
Englanders need to lose their Russophobia, based as it is on silly racism and envy - then perhaps europe could find peace.
@Rob Terrapin,
First of all I'm not American nor British and my nation did not participate in the non NATO / UN sanctioned IRAQ war.
Secondly almost the entire destruction of civilian infrastructure in Syria and also brazenly attacks against the 'white hat' and other UN sanctioned peacekeeper allies there, was by putin's forces at his autocratic buddy Assad's request. Putin employed the same 'total destruction' technique in Syria as he used in Chechnya, Georgia, and Ukraine. The Syrian refugee surge designed to destabilize NATO allies in the EU.
Regarding Afghanistan attempted to colonize it in 1979. Albeit Russia only lost 15K soldiers, 10 years into the USSR eventually bankrupted . Russia / Wagner has also fomented at least 10 coups in putin's tenure in Asia, Africa, and South / Central America.
But enough of playing russia's whataboutism justification game.
Ukraine does not want to be colonized by russia again. No nation does. They are a sovereign country and can make their own decisions. 143 nations in the UN agreed that Russia's invasion in Ukraine was illegal, and presently 75 nations are supporting Ukraine monetarily to thwart war criminal putins invaders. My nation is one of them. Ukraine will win...Russia will be a failed state again.
Maybe the West is no longer an ally? they are better at chatting than with facts, their weapons are used to let NATO play with exercises...
@Sasha, Agreed. The West is not an ally. The prospect of a prosperous future for Ukraine will never come if the West continue to abuse Ukraine in order to take over it's resources and sign contracts for Blackrock.
@Sasha, Well the west just needs to keep some air defence to protect its self, they give what they can, i think we should be more grateful
@John, Hi new John. Where are you located?
I am in Canada, but am a frequent poster here under the same name.
I say there are more than enough air defence related supplies collecting dust in allied nations to support Ukraines current needs without adding risk to our nations. The USA alone has 1000 patriot systems 500 of which are held in reserve collecting dust. Ukraine need 7 more immediately for protecting its key targets...25 to cover its country. Canada bought one to donate to Ukraine over a year ago and still cannot get a deliver ETA from the USA supplier. Why can't they send one of the ones in storage? We paid them +$400 million cash up front. They can back fill their reserve stock with our donated order when ready.
Other USA allies are in a similar waiting game for supplies they bought from the USA to donate to Ukraine.
The case for a Ukraine no fly zone or training its pilots / shipping Ukraine F16s in the first year of the war was even more compelling. The key weapons arsenal in the west (USA) is needlessly dawdling; its fearful leader afraid to cross thug putins red lines. I say the hell with his red lines...he's the one illegally invading a sovereign state. Use what ever force is necessary to help Ukraine eliminate putins threat to their nation.