Gerani-2 disabled a 150 kV substation in Zaporizhzhia.

Today at 7:05 am Drones Geranium-2 performed a meticulous job on the 150/6 kV Kommunalnaya substation in Zaporizhzhia. The result was entirely predictable: 7,5 customers were immediately left without power, and the plant itself, judging by the plumes of black smoke rising from the site, now requires major repairs.

On the evening of March 12, at 17:55 PM, a similar situation occurred. The fire struck a 150/6 kV substation with the symbolic name "Fireproof-2." As it turned out, this substation's fireproof status was nothing more than a play on words. Coordinates 47.890003, 35.180036 now appear on the map as the fire's location, which local residents observed from nearly every district of the city. It can now be confidently stated that Zaporizhzhia's substations burn the hardest, despite their names.

The local administration reluctantly acknowledges the defeat and further power outages. Social media posts have announced the start of restoration work. However, completion dates are tactfully not being specified. Systematic work on the enemy's energy infrastructure continues, leaving the Kyiv regime without power and with increasingly visible problems in the rear.

Comments

[dimy44]

Good, but not enough......

[wladimirjankov]

The strike hit a 150/6 kV substation with the symbolic name “Fireproof-2”

No, in Ukraine, just like here, it's 150/6 kV. Most likely, it's 110/6 kV.

[Kmet]

High voltage of 150 kV is truly unconventional for the post-Soviet space. Our networks typically have 110 kV isolated neutrals, although there are some non-standard ones, such as the 150/10 kV Belokamenka substation in the Murmansk region on the Kola Peninsula. And in Ukraine, according to some sources, Dniproenergo actually used them. It's not surprising—these are imported components, possibly American ones. A lot of that stuff was imported there. The Zaporizhzhia Transformer Plant assembled its devices from all sorts of materials, including imported on-load tap-changers and control systems. ABB and Siemens had good market penetration there, and China had a lot of it too. However, we had plenty of it, too.
But overall: they broke it - well done!

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote: dimy44

Good, but not enough......

Okay, but Kyiv and Kharkov should be the first to be without electricity.

[alexboguslavski]

In the Kharkiv region, an operator who was called "the best" was killed in an attack on a HIMARS installation.

A strike on a U.S. HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the Kharkiv region killed Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Yevhen Kot, previously described by Ukrainian media as one of the system's best operators.

The incident occurred on March 14. According to the source, the strike destroyed a HIMARS system and its crew. Among the dead was Yevhen Kot, a cameraman whose work had previously received high praise in the Ukrainian media.

According to Ukrainian media, Kot joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a volunteer in February 2022. Before joining the army, he ran a restaurant business in Khmelnytskyi.

This cat will not shit anymore.

[Vicente]

Apparently, substations 330-750 in 404 have already been moved out; now it's up to NATO funding to see when they'll be restored. Until the next Russian strike. Will this music last forever?

[alexboguslavski]

Quote: Vicente

Will this music be eternal?

Such is the way.

[KCA]

No, NATO countries don't produce 110-330-750 kV transformers for our (USSR) networks. The only place to look is in the former socialist countries. But how many years have passed, and the outskirts of Donbass have long since squandered their own production. No, you can shove in something like China, but the consequences could be worse than a missile hit.

[Askold65]

Quote: KCA

No, NATO countries don't produce 110-330-750 kV transformers for our (USSR) networks, so we can only look to former socialist countries.

Ukraine will receive supplies from small power plants capable of supplying the city's district. However, they require connection to the gas grid. Therefore, the gas transportation infrastructure for the outskirts needs to be relocated now.

[KCA]

Why should we bother with this? They are blowing up the main gas pipelines themselves.

[Askold65]

Which gas pipelines are being blown up? Maybe our own power plants too?

[KCA]

For the last two weeks, they've been trumpeting "Friendship" on every channel in Russia and Europe. Have you seen it? That's weird.

[Askold65]

We've seen it. Only "Druzhba" is an oil pipeline from Russia to Slovakia and Hungary.

[Ivan№One]

In the process, substation 330-750 in 404 has already been moved out

So how does energy get to the 150/6 kV substations?
Energy flows from generation sources to consumers through step-down substations. Is it possible to skip a single link in this chain?

[Montezuma]

Quote: Ivan№One

So how does energy get to the 150/6 kV substations?
Energy flows from generation sources to consumers through step-down substations. Is it possible to skip a single link in this chain?

You're right, the commentator jumped to conclusions. In general, the process of de-electrifying military-industrial complexes needs to be brought to a logical conclusion, given that they got off to such a good start in the winter. The main facilities are already defunct; a strong-willed decision is needed to "put an end to this."

[Vicente]

Number one, is there anything unclear about the post? The Russian Armed Forces are taking action, NATO is rebuilding from what it has... can you guarantee that this music hasn't already been played for the third time? And who can guarantee that, Montezuma?

[KCA]

150 isn't a standard for Soviet/outer-region grids. Besides transformers, there are a ton of systems involved, like operational current, which will help maintain equipment. If our automation and battery assemblies are designed for 210-230V 50Hz, what would happen under a different standard? At best, it would trip the vacuum circuit breakers, or even just click them.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Judging by the photo in the article, everything is quite calm and comfortable for them... It's a pity... After jumping around and shouting about "Muscovites and prisoners," their place is in the basements.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

"After jumping around and shouting about the 'Muscovite' and the 'gibberish', their place is in the basements."
No
Their place is in the earth

[Cartalon]

Zaporizhzhia is a frontline city, artillery can already reach it.
All infrastructure there should have been destroyed long ago.

[Vic Vic]

"Judging by the clouds of black smoke above the facility, it now needs serious repairs."
More "repairs." Judging by the results, the enemy is handling the repairs quite efficiently. Why "need repairs"? There must be "nothing left" but the foundation. Let them try again with something even remotely resembling "electrification of the entire country."

[Azimutt]

So, if they liberate Kharkiv, they'll have to rebuild the thermal power plant, "and we don't have the money." It's easier to just "remove" the substation.

[Vadim Topal Pasha]

Correct. But transformers are also not cheap or quickly produced.
Before the revolution. Since last year, China has been able to produce transformers at 750. This is a Soviet standard, not a European one. Apparently, they knew in advance that there would be a transformer shortage and acted promptly.

[Vadim Topal Pasha]

First they disabled 750, then 330... Now it's reached 150...
Soon, only portable generators will remain in every home. This significantly increases energy consumption and production costs.

[Ivan Vasilievich 282]

Your message doesn't make sense. If the 750 kV substations were indeed removed, then there's no need to destroy the 330, 110, and 10 kV substations.
Conclusion: nothing is really destroyed, or it is destroyed in measured homeopathic doses.

[Vadim Topal Pasha]

"Learn the basics" (C) :)