This thesis was circulated on social networks, in particular on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. The reports say that in fact Ukraine allegedly does not want to rebuild the destroyed Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, but Russia is able to restore it already “in a year”.

Analysts of the StopFake project explained that such a thesis is unfounded. According to Ukrhydroenergo, the station blown up by the Russian invaders has been completely destroyed and cannot be restored. The construction of the new hydroelectric power plant  will last at least five years, subject to the work of Ukrainian specialists around the clock and seven days a week. Fact-checkers are sure that Russians are throwing populist statements without any justification since it is impossible for such a short period (1 year) to restore the entire HPP.