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Residents of the Voronezh region reported hearing explosions to local social media channels, just as electricity fluctuated in the properties, while at the same time the governor issued a missile threat for the region, and several local chats reported the CHP was being attacked and had caught fire.
One local captured the moment of the attack on video, which was published to Ukrainian website Exilenova+, which Astra then geolocated to confirm the video was shot from the Aviastroiteley embankment, approximately 1.3 km from the plant.
This morning Governor Gusev took to Telegram telling local residents that electronic warfare measures suppressed several unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky over Voronezh, adding that there were casualties according to initial data.
A fire broke out at one of the communal enterprises which was promptly extinguished, but due to the fire, temporary measures had been taken for technological safety reasons, which caused some fluctuations in central heating temperature in some houses, reported the official, adding that heating supplies should be resumed as soon as possible.
According to the Governor there was also some issues with electricity supply for a short period of time, but all of the consumers were in normal mode as of this morning.
Damage had been caused to the roof and some windows in several buildings of one construction industry enterprise, several cars, and internal heating networks were damaged, Gusev added.
According to Astra’s analysis, the Voronezh CHP-1 was being attacked in the video, which is located at 2 Lebedeva Street in Voronezh, while reports from the Governor suggested that the region was under missile alert, as Exilenova reported at least three missiles being used in the attack.
Open data revealed that the combined heat and power plant is part of JSC “RIR Energo,” which has an installed electric capacity of 378.3 MW, a thermal capacity of 1389.3 Gcal/hour, and employs around 430 people.
Voronezh CHP-1 is the largest supplier of thermal energy for residents buildings and large enterprises in the city, supplying thermal energy to the districts of Levoberezhny, Zheleznodorozhny, Leninsky, and Central, as well as more than a thousand enterprises, including the Voronezh Plant “Voronezhsintezkauchuk.”
