Ukraine will build a new power plant on the site of the Kakhovskaya HPP, located on the eastern bank of the Dnieper occupied by Russia, after it vacates the territory, the head of the state-owned company “Ukrhydroenergo” Ihor Syrota said on air. June 6, Ukrainian media reports.
“The structures of the hydroelectric power station have been destroyed, and we understand that we will have to build a new station very quickly. We will build a more beautiful and strong station on the same place,” he said on national television, as quoted by “Ukrainian Pravda”. .
According to the official, Ukrhydroenergo is already consulting with specialists on how to quickly close the dam after release.
According to Syrota, the company is also studying how water will be supplied from reservoirs located higher up the river to Ukrainian regions that will experience water shortages.
Currently, the Ukrainian authorities plan to drill additional wells in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions to gain access to fresh water, he added.
The Kakhovka hydroelectric dam across the Dnipro River was blown up on the morning of June 6, which triggered a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster in southern Ukraine.
Built in 1956, the power plant is of crucial importance for the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. According to the State Hydroelectric Company of Ukraine, the damage caused by the violation is “irreparable”.
Computer simulations last year showed how a possible failure of the dam in Novaya Kakhovka would cause widespread flooding along the banks of the Dnieper and its tributary to the mouth of the Black Sea.
What does Shoigu say about the destruction of the dam in Nova Kakhovka
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday accused Ukraine of undermining the huge Kakhovka Dam as part of a plan to transfer units from neighboring Kherson Oblast to conduct operations against Russian forces, Reuters reported.
A Russian Defense Ministry statement, signed by Shoigu, said that the destruction of the dam and the resulting flooding were aimed at preventing a Russian attack in the Kherson area, allowing Ukraine to “transfer parts and equipment from the Kherson front to the area of hostilities. “.
Shoigu did not provide evidence to support his statement. Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia blew up the dam early Tuesday.
Ukraine is investigating the dam explosion as a war crime and possible “ecocide,” the country’s attorney general’s office said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Ukraine says Russia blew up dam ‘in moment of panic’
Ukrainian military intelligence said Russian forces blew up the Kakhovskaya Dam in a Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine “at a moment of panic.”
“The occupiers in a panic blew up the Kakhovskaya Dam – this is an obvious act of terrorism and a war crime that will be evidence in an international court,” says the message published on the Telegram channel of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine.
Ukraine is one of the few states, including Russia, that have criminalized “ecocide” in domestic legislation.
Kyiv defines ecocide as “mass destruction of flora and fauna, poisoning of atmospheric air or water resources, as well as any other actions that may cause environmental disaster” in Article 441 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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