KYIV, Feb 8 – The uncontrolled discharge of water by Russian invaders at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) leads to a rapid decrease in water in the Kakhovka reservoir and threatens the safe operation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), an official said.

"A significant drop in the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir affects the technical processes at ZNPP. The level of 13.2 m is the minimum for water intake into the cooling reservoir. If the water supply is stopped, problems with reactor cooling will begin, and this will lead to a catastrophe," Hennadiy Timchenko, First Deputy Head of the Zaporizhia regional military administration, said at the meeting of the State Commission on Environmental Safety, Manmade Disaster and Emergency Response.