Ukrainian company Ukrhidroenergo has filed a lawsuit against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for compensation for damage caused by the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. This was stated in the press service of the company on Telegram.
Ukrgidroenergo applied to the ECtHR and informed the court within the framework of the case… Ukrgidroenergo, PAT v. Russia” message.
According to the press service, Ukrhidroenergo is asking the court to consider the case as soon as possible.
The statement states that it violates the first additional protocol to the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict of 8 June 1977, which fixes a list of objects that cannot be objects of attack.
According to the requirements of the case, the total amount of alleged damage to the company’s assets – the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the incomplete wind farm on Zmeiny Island – amounted to about 17 billion hryvnia (over $ 460 million).
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was destroyed in the Kherson region, near Novaya Kakhovka. Dozens of settlements began to flood, including Kherson and New Kakhovka.
Russia and Ukraine blame each other in the breaking of the dam. There is also a version that the accident occurred due to “old damage”. The Ukrhidroenergo company stated that the station was completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationThe judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) cannot be enforced in Russia because bias and bias are unacceptable for the judiciary.