The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on June 6 decided to allocate UAH 1.5 billion for the construction of two new main water pipelines. This should reduce the consequences of undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. Funds will be taken from the Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

It is noted that the new water pipelines "

" The State Agency for Restoration will be responsible for the implementation of projects,"

The government also allocated almost UAH 846 million for drinking water for Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

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Recall that a headquarters was created to eliminate the consequences of the accident at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which included ministers, their deputies, heads of central executive authorities, and representatives of state enterprises. Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko was appointed head of liquidation works.

On the night of June 6, the Russian military blew up a dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. After the explosion, Ukrhydroenergo stated that the Kakhovskaya HPP was completely destroyed and cannot be restored. Due to the Russian terrorist attack, about 16 thousand people found themselves in the critical zone of flooding on the right bank of the Kherson region. About 80 settlements are in danger on both banks of the Dnieper.