What will happen if the Russian military hit the dam of the Kyiv reservoir?
In the event of the destruction of the dam, a number of districts of Kyiv and neighboring villages will go under water, and hundreds of thousands of people may suffer.
According to the Kiev environmentalist Vasily Kredo, the Kiev dam is one of the most dangerous objects on Earth. The construction is 93% emergency.
According to the expert, Obolon will be the first to go under water - a 4-meter wave will cover it three minutes after the accident. In another two minutes, the water will reach Troyeshchyna, in 10 minutes - Podil, in 15 - Rusanivka. The rest of the territory of Ukraine may also fall - almost 30 cities, hundreds of towns and villages will be flooded.
However, Professor Viktor Vishnevsky recommends not to panic and recalls that the water level in the Kiev reservoir is 103 meters above sea level. And more than 90% of the territory of the capital is located at much higher elevations - usually 130-160 meters. Below 103 meters - only Podil and Obolon. However, these areas will not be threatened by large-scale flooding in the event of a dam failure.
At the same time, experts note that the Kyiv HPP has a fairly high degree of protection, which includes three levels: a concrete dam, a drainage channel, where water flows through the filtration channels, and an earthen dam.
Engineers say that the Kyiv hydroelectric power station is reliable and can only collapse in the event of a direct hit by an atomic bomb or a meteorite with a diameter of 100 meters.
The Kiev reservoir is located north of the Ukrainian capital in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, as well as in the Gomel region of Belarus. Formed by the dam of the hydroelectric power station of the same name. Completed in 1964-66. The area is 922 square kilometers.
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