President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky today held an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, where it was reported that as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, engine oil got into the Dnieper. This was reported by the press service of the OP.

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Kakhovskaya HPP has been operating since the 50s. The main tasks of the station were to ensure the regulation of the flow of the Dnieper for power supply, irrigation and water supply of the southern regions, as well as navigation from Kherson to Zaporozhye. From this hydroelectric power station begins the North Crimean Canal. It is from it that the temporarily annexed Crimea receives drinking water..

But on the night of June 6, the Russian military blew up a dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.

According to local residents, there was only one explosion, but after it the structures began to collapse one after another.. Subsequently, Ukrhydroenergo stated that the station was completely destroyed and could not be restored..

President Volodymyr Zelensky called an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council because of the terrorist attack at the station. Following its results, Secretary of the Security Council Alexei Danilov said that "

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