"According to preliminary calculations it is possible to restore the station in 6-7 years, but before that, as I have already mentioned, it is necessary to de-occupy the territory, and then we will be able to drain the place where the explosion occurred, to conduct a survey, to dismantle the destroyed structures and structures of the Kakhovka hydroelectric complex", — said Ihor Sirota.

According to him, it will be possible to start direct restoration of the station afterwards. The general director noted that it is difficult to say what the station will be like after de-occupation because "without expert examination, we do not know how critical the situation with the structures and bottom erosion is there".

• We recall that on June 5, 2023, the Russian occupants blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric station. Authorities and volunteers from all over Ukraine began to urgently evacuate people from the territories nearby. The undermining of the hydroelectric power plant resulted in numerous human casualties, serious environmental consequences and affected the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
• The Ukrainian side is convinced that these actions of the occupants were intended to create chaos and were aimed at delaying the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
• Also yesterday, in a telethon, Ihor Sirota said that there is a project to build a temporary hydroelectric structure on the site of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant destroyed by the Russian invaders. There are already such projects of temporary hydroelectric facilities, and hydropower engineers are waiting for the de-occupation of the territories to be able to start work.