{"id":5340,"date":"2026-07-21T07:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/ukraine-has-attacked-industries-in-the-city-of-lipetsk-russian-losses\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:56:14","slug":"ukraine-has-attacked-industries-in-the-city-of-lipetsk-russian-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/en\/ukraine-has-attacked-industries-in-the-city-of-lipetsk-russian-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine has attacked industries in the city of Lipetsk – Russian losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ukraine once again shows why they will defeat Russia; the choice of targets for last night’s attacks is brilliant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to unconfirmed reports, Ukraine attacked industrial facilities in the Russian city of Lipetsk during the night. According to the governor, fires have broken out, but it has not been confirmed that this was due to an attack. The affected facilities include Novolipetsk Steel and the Lipetsk CHPP-2 combined heat and power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) is a large steel plant that encompasses the entire production chain within the same industrial area: coke ovens, blast furnaces, oxygen steelworks, continuous casting, and rolling mills. Production ranges from pig iron and crude steel to hot- and cold-rolled sheet, galvanized and coated sheet, as well as so-called electrical steel (alloys, etc.) for transformers, generators, motors, and much more. The capacity is about 12-14 million tons of steel per year. It is thus one of Russia’s largest steel plants and accounts for around 18-20% of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, there are two types of electrical steel: grain-oriented and non-grain-oriented electrical steel. Grain-oriented steel is used for transformers, and regarding that production, Novolipetsk Steel itself claims to account for 100% of production in Russia. The final processing of that type of steel does not take place in Lipetsk but at another facility, VIZ-Steel in Yekaterinburg, but at the same time, that facility is entirely dependent on deliveries from NLMK. If Ukraine has succeeded in stopping production in Lipetsk, it is basically goodbye to transformer production in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformers are used virtually everywhere. The largest are found where electricity is produced: nuclear power plants, combined heat and power plants, and waterworks, etc., but also in transformer stations throughout the regular power grid. There are also special transformers for railways, mines, and industry. Measuring transformers are used for protection, control, and electricity measurement. However, Novolipetsk Steel’s products are not used for small transformers for simpler electronics, where switched-mode power supplies are normally used instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Ukraine constantly attacks oil refineries, combined heat and power plants, etc. (and we also have partisans sabotaging substations for, among other things, railways), Russia’s need for new transformers was probably high even before today’s attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia can certainly import some from China now, but it is probably not that simple. Transformers (or the steel used) must be adapted to Russian standards and the Russian power grid. Moreover, if all of Russia’s capacity were to be lost, China hardly has such overproduction that it can easily replace Russian production. Regardless, it will dig further holes in the already strained Russian treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Russia, which attacks homes and shopping centers and kills civilians, Ukraine has once again chosen a strategically important target for its attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian losses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n