“All or almost all of the engine rooms, as well as the airlock lifting devices, were destroyed,” the message said.
Military correspondents note that in the foreseeable future the DneproHES will not be able to be restored.
Previously, several sources reported a series of attacks on hydroelectric power plants. According to information from Military Affairs, the blow to the Dnieper hydroelectric power plant hit the turbine hall, after which a fire broke out.
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River and is the fifth stage of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station cascade. In 1932-1956 it was the largest hydroelectric power station in the USSR and Europe.