[Ukrainian official: it will take at least five years to repair the dam of the Kahovka Hydropower Station] the Ukrainian state news agency reported on the 7th that Yulia Sveridenko, Ukraine's first deputy prime minister and minister of economy, said that the cost of building a new hydroelectric power plant is about $1 billion, which involves not only the installation of new hydroelectric units, but also the restoration of the integrity of a dam. She said that the destruction of the Cahovka dam will have serious environmental and economic consequences and pose a great threat to food security. It will take at least five years to repair the dam alone, and the cumulative impact of the humanitarian and environmental consequences of the accident will be growing. According to preliminary estimates by the Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and the Ukrainian Ministry of Environmental Protection, the loss of water resources caused by the incident is about 2 billion hryvna, which will increase after that. At present, the Ukrainian government has allocated 120 million hryvna to provide drinking water for residents in Nikolayev state. In addition, the Ukrainian government has also allocated 1.5 billion hryvna for the construction of new water pipes.