The SSU has launched a criminal investigation into blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s dam.

The proceeding has been initiated under two Articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• 438 (violation of laws and customs of war);
• 441 (ecocide).

‘Having blown up the dam of the Kakhovka HPP, russia has totally proved to be a threat to the entire civilized world. Only a true terrorist state can cause a technological and environmental disaster of such magnitude. And it will definitely be held accountable for this - both on the battlefield and in international courts. Our task is to bring to justice not only the top brass of putin’s regime, but also the actual perpetrators of the crimes,’ the SSU Head Vasyl Maliuk commented.

Currently, SSU investigators together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office are conducting priority investigative and procedural activities in Kherson oblast.

Separately, the SSU and the teams of the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources are establishing all the circumstances of blowing up of the dam by the enemy.

Since russia launched its full-scale invasion, the SSU has opened more than 40,000 criminal proceedings over violations of laws and customs of war by the aggressor state.