The air defense system repelled several missile attacks by Ukrainian troops on the Kakhovskaya HPP, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the Kakhovka district administration, told RIA Novosti.

"Today the air alarm was sounded five times. There were several attempts to hit the Kakhovskaya HPP with missiles. The air defense system went off. The attack, the target of which was the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, was repelled," Leontyev said. According to him, the situation is under control. Protection and defense of strategic facilities has been strengthened.