War in Ukraine. Drones hit Rostov’s largest thermal power plant: explosions rang out, a powerful fire broke out

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08:58 | Drones hit Rostov’s largest thermal power plant: explosions rang out, a powerful fire broke out

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the governor of the Rostov region Vasiliy Golubev confirmed to Telegram that the Novocherkassk thermal power plant was hit on Monday night. It is believed to have been attacked by drones.

Local residents reported that they heard drones over the area, there were at least ten of them, writes “Ukrainska Pravda”.

Then explosions were heard in the area of ​​the Novocherkassk State District Power Plant.

The video shows explosions followed by a fire. Two 330 kV high voltage lines were automatically shut down due to the fire.

Novocherkassk State District Power Plant (state district power plant) is the largest thermal power plant and the second most powerful power plant in the Rostov Region after the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant.

08:22 | Ukraine: 11 people injured by falling debris from a drone in Mykolaiv

On the night of Monday, 11 people were injured by the wreckage of the downed Russian Shahed-131/136 type drone falling in Mykolaiv.

This was announced on Facebook by the state administration of the Mykolaiv region, which is based on “Ukrinform”.

On the night of March 25, the wreckage of the Shahed-131/136 type drone shot down by the Air Force fell on the territory of the private sector, and a residential house and two cars caught fire from it. The fire was promptly extinguished. The surrounding private houses were also affected.

11 people were injured. Nine of them received medical help on the spot, two people were taken to the hospital.

On the night of Monday, the Air Defense destroyed four Shahed-131/136 Russian drones in the Mykolaiv region.

On Sunday, the enemy made several artillery strikes on the water area of ​​Ochakiv community. No people were hurt.

07:42 | Survey: 65 percent. the French are in favor of bringing back conscription

The French public generally supports the return of compulsory military service – the introduction of regular conscription is supported by almost two-thirds of the country’s population.

According to Ukrinform, the results of a survey conducted by the publication “Le Journal du Dimanche” lead to such a conclusion.

It is noted that 65 percent support the return of compulsory military service. men and 63 percent women.

58 percent support this idea. among the French surveyed under the age of 35, and among people over 65, 70% support it. respondents.

The popularity of conscription also fluctuates depending on the political sympathies of those polled. Among the supporters of the left forces, every second respondent supports conscription into the army, and among the rightists – 82 percent.

Conscription for men was abolished in France in 1997 under the presidency of Jacques Chirac.

07:09 | Ukraine: on March 22 DTEK group lost 50% of the attack. production capacity

Due to the massive missile attack of the Russian military on the energy system of Ukraine on March 22. DTEK lost about half of its production capacity.

This was stated by Serhijus Kovalenka, CEO of the Yasno company, Ukrinform reports, citing “Radio Liberty”.

“DTEK Group lost 50 percent. own production capacity. This information can already be officially presented,” he said during the television marathon.

According to S. Kovalenko, the Russians attacked two parts of the Ukrainian energy system – production and distribution.

“Several types of production capacity were affected, many thermal power plants and hydro facilities were affected. The second part is that the enemy hit a large number of Ukrenerho network nodes, transformers… This attack simultaneously deprives the ability to transmit electricity and reduces the production potential,” explained the CEO.

He clarified that it would take several days to “assess the timing of the restoration and the necessary funds.”

The reconstruction itself, according to S. Kovalenko, will last “not a day, not a week and not even a month, it will last months.”