He pointed to various opinions and statements about the fact that DniproHPP can no longer be restored. He, however, urged not to jump to conclusions before properly inspecting the shelled station.
“Today, I hear many comments that the station cannot be restored, that the station will no longer work. Any consequences must be restructured. The only question is time and funding,” Sirota said.
According to the head of “Ukrhydroenergo”, half of the engine room is damaged, so they cannot give an estimate at the moment.
“It is impossible to take and analyze this equipment. It will take at least 2-3 days to conduct preliminary tests and analysis related to restoration,” he said.
At the same time, Ugrihydronergo assured that the dam was not breached.
“The dam is very strong. It takes a lot of rockets in one place to break it. There is no threat of the dam breaking today,” he said.
Large scale attack on Ukraine and attack on Dnipro HPP
We will remind you that on the night of March 22, Russian invaders launched a massive attack on Ukraine and launched more than 150 drones and missiles. 55 Shaheds and 37 missiles were shot down by forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and air defense systems.
Energy is attacked by the enemy. In particular, the Russians attacked the Dnipro HPP. The situation in Kharkiv is difficult, the city is without electricity, there are problems with the Internet, water, electric transport is not working. Light problems occurred in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy, Odesa and Khmelnytskyi regions. Critical infrastructure facilities in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia and Mykolaiv regions were also hit.
“Ukrenergo” has already called today's attack in the energy sector the biggest during the entire war.
Read more about the effects of the Dnipro HPP and what is known about the station in the RBC-Ukraine material.
