Malyuk: Russian leadership, ordinary executors must be held accountable for the explosion of Kakhovka HPP

The SBU reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

According to the SBU Head, "by blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam, the Russian Federation has finally proved that it is a threat to the entire civilised world. After all, only a true terrorist state can arrange a technogenic and environmental disaster of this level."

"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 of the Putin regime, but also ordinary executors of crimes," Malyuk stressed.

The SBU has opened a criminal investigation into the undermining of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam. The investigation was initiated under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) and Article 441 (ecocide).

The SBU investigators, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office, are conducting priority investigative and procedural actions in the Kherson region. 

Additionally, the SBU is working with representatives of the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources to establish the detailed circumstances of the dam's undermining by the enemy.

The SBU reminded that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, SBU investigators have opened more than 40,000 criminal proceedings on violations of the laws and customs of war.

As reported, at night on June 6, Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. In the Kherson region, the evacuation of the population from dangerous places at risk of flooding has begun.