Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine openly announced plans to destroy the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper. He cited a quote from the material of The Washington Post on December 29, 2022.
The Ukrainians, "according to him, even launched a test strike" from American MLRS HIMARS on one of the locks of the dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the water could rise enough to block Russian crossings.