On the night of November 5, residents of Oryol reported about the explosions. It was claimed that the local thermal power plant was under attack again. One of the eyewitness videos showed the moments of the explosions — according to an analysis by ASTRA, the footage was shot in the area of Yagodny Lane. It is about 1.5 kilometers from the filming location to the Oryol thermal power plant. The second video, previously posted by ASTRA, was taken from Andrianova Street. The thermal power plant is about 1.2 kilometers from the filming location.
The Governor informed that “as a result of the work of the air defense forces over Oryol, enemy UAVs were destroyed. When their individual elements fell, several private houses and outbuildings were damaged.” At the same time, residents say that the attack was a missile attack. The same opinion is shared by OSINT analyst ASTRA.
“The attack on the thermal power plant was carried out using a reactive weapon of destruction — a rocket or a jet UAV. The video does not show any sounds of an air raid, nor the work of air defense, nor the characteristic buzz of a propeller—driven UAV,” he said.
Less than a kilometer from the Orlovskaya thermal power plant is the Oreltekmash defense enterprise, which produces mobile maintenance, repair and evacuation equipment for the military.
The Oryol thermal power plant was already attacked on the night of October 31, when the Ukrainian Navy announced that the strikes had been carried out by Neptun cruise missiles. Then, according to the OSINT analysis of ASTRA, the first the impact hit the ORU (open switchgear) A thermal power plant is an open part of an electrical substation or power unit where electricity is received, distributed and transmitted from the station’s generators to power transmission lines. After that, the lights went out in the city.
Orlovskaya TPP is the largest generating source of electricity and heat in the region. It provides both electricity and heat supply.
