Destruction of Kakhovka dam: Ukrainian state company looks for law firm to sue Russia

This was reported by the press service of Ukrhydroenergo.

"After the Kakhovka HPP dam was blown up, which is considered the largest man-made disaster since World War II, Ukrhydroenergo initiated arbitration proceedings against the Russian Federation," the statement said.

"In March 2024, an official notice was sent to the government and other Russian officials to resolve the dispute in accordance with the Agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Russia on mutual protection of investments," the company added.

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They noted that the case will take many years to resolve, so the company needs a reliable and professional partner to go through this journey together and eventually bring Russia to justice for the crime.

"Ukrhydroenergo invites leading national and international law firms to participate in the tender. Preference is given to firms with experience in successful representation in investment and international commercial disputes," the press service emphasized.

Interested law firms are invited to read the terms of the tender published on Prozorro. It states that Ukrhydroenergo estimates the cost of legal services at UAH 365 million (almost USD 9 million - ed.).

• The occupying Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant on June 6, 2023. According to experts, there is evidence to suggest that the dam was destroyed by an internal blast. According to them, a structural failure or an attack from the outside is possible, but is less plausible explanation.

“A blast in an enclosed space, with all of its energy applied against the structure around it, would do the most damage. Even then, the experts said, it would require hundreds of pounds of explosives, at least, to breach the dam. An external detonation by bomb or missile would exert only a fraction of its force against the dam, and would require an explosive many times larger to achieve a similar effect,” The New York Times quoted the experts as saying.