Missile and drone attack destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants

An emergency worker extinguishes a fire after a Russian attack on the Trypilska thermal power plant in Ukrainka, Kyiv region, Ukraine (Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP)

A massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others, officials have said.

The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions, was struck numerous times, destroying the transformer, turbines and generators and leaving the plant ablaze.