Since the station and the dam itself were designed and built in the 1960s, taking into account the threats of that time, with a significant margin of strength and stability,

it is not so easy to destroy or significantly damage massive hydrotechnical structures by a missile attack

This was reported in "Ukrhydroenergo".

In the event of damage to the metal shutters of the dam , a

gradual, uncontrolled leakage of water from the Kyiv Reservoir

may occur

, resulting in the

short-term flooding of some areas

in the lower reaches of the hydraulic unit. 

Flooding areas will be minor

and known to the emergency services and local authorities, so local residents will be notified in advance.  

"So Ukrhydroenergo considers the dissemination of unsubstantiated estimates about the catastrophic consequences of a possible breach of the Kyiv HPP dam as a dubious, inappropriate, and sometimes harmful activity

aimed at inciting panic, diverting public attention from actual problems

and an attempt to gain authority in the media through the dissemination of non-professional, pseudo-expert estimates." , - emphasized the company.

It will be recalled that the occupiers hit the industrial zone of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant with missiles. 

270 meters remained before the strike

on the South Ukrainian NPP.

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