Breached Kakhovka Dam. Photo: Energoatom's Telegram channel 

2023/06/08 - 11:42 • Latest news Ukraine

The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant could not have been destroyed by an outside strike, and Russia lies claiming that Ukraine has destroyed it, Ukrhydroproject says.

The Ukrhydroproject is Ukraine’s largest engineering company in the fields of hydropower and water management construction.

Ukrhydroproject’s key points are as follows:

• Kakhovka HPP was designed and built to withstand a nuclear strike from the outside.
• Most likely, the dam itself and the hydroelectric power plant building, where the hydroelectric power generating units were installed, were mined from the inside.
• The fact that it was the hydroelectric power plant building that was blown up indicates that the Russians wanted to destroy the entire hydroelectric power plant as a power facility (not only breach the dam, – Ed.).
• It is possible to rebuild the hydroelectric power plant. This issue will be addressed after the de-occupation of the territories.

Read also:

• Destruction of Kakhovka Dam continues, reservoir water levels keep declining – Ukrhydroenergo
• Russia controlled Kakhovka Dam and bears responsibility for its destruction – White House
• Ukrainian dam engineer rules out self-destruction of Kakhovka dam
• Almost 3,000 buildings underwater in Ukrainian-controlled part of Kherson Oblast
• One week before Kakhovka explosion, Russia suspended accountability for military-caused hazards

Tags: Kakhovka Dam, Kakhovka HPP