(19 Sep 2024)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 19 September 2024
1. Wide of burned-out transformer on a Kontraktova square
2. People looking closer at the charred transformer
3. Close-up of destroyed transformer
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Serhii, worker of the power plant(the surname or location of the power plant can’t be disclosed because of security reasons):
“I worked at the company for 32 years. So, to be honest, sometimes it brings tears to my eyes when I see all this. It’s hard, but I understand the importance of my job and also my professional duty to not give up no matter what, to restore and supply electricity. Electricity is the lifeblood of the economy, and if there is no economy, we will not win. We have to keep working.”
5. Close-up part of destroyed transformer
6. Wide of people at the square passing by transformer
7. Woman puts a bracelet of support on grid
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Katya Taylor, curator of the project from the non-governmental organization Port of Culture:
“This project is not to make a pressure or feel people depressed on how bad things are, but just to thank those people who are there for us. That’s why we have the installation behind my back, where you can put a bracelet, tell where you from, and we say here – where do you bring your light from. And to leave a message for those who fight for us.”
9. Bracelets on a grid
10. Close-up of bracelets on a grid
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Dmytro Tiuzin, IT specialist:
“I’m worried about this because I work remotely and I’m very dependent on electricity and the Internet, so this (electricity)directly affects whether I have food to eat.”
12. Close-up of transformer
STORYLINE:
A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s severely damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city centre — a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country’s energy system.
The massive blackened hulk juxtaposed with a Ferris wheel further down Kontraktova Square — or Square of Contracts in honour of the place’s mercantile past — also serves as a contrast between peacetime and the harsh reality of war in Ukraine.
The exhibition by DTEK, a private energy company, a nongovernmental organization and Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy opened on Thursday with a message urging people to feel "the pain and despair over the destroyed equipment” that energy workers experience.
The organizers said that while they realize the transformer creates a sombre atmosphere, their intention was not to “get anyone down” but to raise awareness of how difficult it is to bring light back to the houses after every Russian attack.
The exhibit will stay in Kyiv for the next two months — by then, Ukraine will inch closer to what will likely be another winter of war.
The government has warned residents to brace for their toughest winter yet since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022 as airstrikes against the country’s beleaguered energy infrastructure intensify.
Russia continues to hammer Ukraine’s energy generation capacity, leaving the country heavily reliant on its three functioning nuclear power stations and electricity imports from European Union countries.
According to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, there have been over 1,000 attacks targeting the country’s power grid.
“There is no place, no region, no type of energy infrastructure that has not been affected by these attacks,” he said in a statement.
“Sometimes tears come to my eyes, seeing this,” he said.
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