How many times did the Armed Forces of Ukraine shell the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station after the start of a military special operation

The Kakhovskaya HPP came under Russian control on the first day of the military operation on February 24. Since then, the city of Novaya Kakhovka and the HPP itself have been subjected to regular shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Vedomosti collected public statements from both sides about the strikes on the facility.

July 8, 2022 Ukrainian troops launched a missile attack on the hydroelectric power station. Air defense managed to repel the attack, but there were victims, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson VGA.

July 18, 2022 As a result of the strike on the hydroelectric power station, the control room of the shipping lock was damaged. Rocket fragments broke the main gas pipeline, in connection with which half of the right bank of the Kherson region was left without gas. If the shelling continues, navigation along the Dnieper will be blocked, said Viktor Vasiliev, spokesman for the CAA of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region.

On July 23, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired seven shells at the area of ​​the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, which was damaged, the CAA of the Kakhovka district reported.

On July 24, 2022, the HPP was fired from HIMARS, the infrastructure was damaged, said the head of the district, Vladimir Leontiev.

July 30, 2022 On the night of July 29-30, the HPP was again attacked from HIMARS. The air defense system repelled all shells, Leontiev said.

August 12, 2022 New shelling occurred when a bus with civilians was approaching the station. Three of the six turbines failed, the Rossiya-1 report said. HPPs were transferred to work in emergency mode and only half of the design capacity. “We work in a very dangerous mode. The fighting threatens not only the lower reaches of the Dnieper, but also the upper reaches, since the water intakes of the Energodarskaya NPP are directly fed from the Kakhovka reservoir,” Arseniy Zelensky, deputy director of the Kakhovskaya HPP, told the TV channel.

On September 8, 2022, the regional authorities announced that the Kakhovskaya HPP and access roads to it were under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On September 10, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Novaya Kakhovka and the hydroelectric power station from HIMARS. There were no hits, the CAA of the city reported on the Telegram channel.

October 18, 2022 “The enemy purposefully strikes at infrastructure facilities and residential buildings in Kherson. Hits from HIMARS rockets damaged the Antonovsky bridge and the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station,” Sergei Surovikin told reporters on October 18.

On October 21, 2022, Russia circulated a letter in the UN Security Council in which it called for preventing Ukraine’s provocation at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region for five months. Up to 120 missiles arrive per day,” the statement said.

On October 24, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the civilian infrastructure of Nova Kakhovka with 19 HIMARS and Alder missiles. Part of the missiles were shot down, three hit the hydroelectric power station, the emergency services of the Kherson region told reporters.

November 6, 2022 Ukrainian troops fired six HIMARS missiles at the HPP. Five rockets were shot down, one hit the lock of the dam, which was damaged, said a representative of the emergency services of the Kherson region.

On December 29, 2022, Major General Andriy Kovalchuk, who initially commanded the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, also confessed to shelling the HPP. “Ukrainians made a test strike with HIMARS on one of the locks of the Novokakhovskaya dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the waters of the Dnieper could rise enough to block Russian crossings, but not flood the nearby areas of the village. The test was successful, ”wrote the Washington Post, citing him.

March 14, 2023 The Kakhovka HPP is not only regularly shelled, but also attacked by snipers. DRGs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making attempts to penetrate the territory, Leontiev said. “HPPs are constantly under attack,” he added.

June 5–6, 2023 As a result of explosions at the hydroelectric power station, 11 out of 28 spans of the station were destroyed. Water from the Kakhovka reservoir began to uncontrollably discharge downstream of the Dnieper and flooded the station.