Suspects in the Kakhovka HPP explosion case may be named by the end of the year - Prosecutor General's Office

The Office of the Prosecutor General hopes to proceed with issuing notices of suspicion or filing an indictment in the case of the Kakhovka HPP explosion by the end of 2026. Currently, a large-scale comprehensive expert examination is underway. This was stated by Borys Indychenko, head of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office of the Office of the Prosecutor General, reports UNN.

Details

Regarding the explosion of Kakhovka (Kakhovka HPP - ed.), a comprehensive forensic examination is ongoing, involving more than 20 specialists from various fields of environmental science. Some are researching the impact on plants, some on animals, and others on agriculture. Each is responsible for their own small block, and then it is all gathered into one examination to conclude whether this can be qualified as an environmental disaster,

He noted that the Office of the Prosecutor General began the investigation with "smaller" proceedings.

As for Kakhovka... some of the examinations are already ready, but the comprehensive one, which must consolidate everything, involves a very large volume of information. I hope that by the end of this year we will be able to proceed to drafting a notice of suspicion, or perhaps even filing an indictment,

According to him, as part of the investigation into the Kakhovka HPP explosion, experts conducted several field missions to collect necessary samples, which each time resembled a "safari" — but this is necessary work to establish the consequences that prosecutors are currently dealing with.

The OPG also recalled that as a result of the Kakhovka HPP explosion, 35 people died, 24 went missing, and over 37,000 houses were flooded. Currently, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, two Russian generals have been notified of suspicion: they coordinated the blowing up of the dam, which caused an environmental disaster and irreparable consequences for the environment.

Recall

June 6 marks another anniversary of the blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. The destruction of the dam became one of the largest man-made and environmental disasters caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine. Its consequences are still felt by residents of the south. It did not pass without a trace for the ecosystem of the Dnipro, the Black Sea, and the territories that depended on the Kakhovka Reservoir.