The approximate area of the contaminated water surface is 780 thousand square meters.
Fire after the Russian attack on an oil depot on February 9
As a result of Russian attacks on February 9 on an oil depot in About 3 thousand tons of oil leaked in the Kharkov region. It ended up in the rivers Uda, Lopan, Nemyshl, and Kharkov.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
“We have the first tentative estimates of damage from water pollution. They amount to more than 30 million hryvnia. For the final calculation, it is necessary to conduct a number of studies, take samples and add this case to the general basket of crimes against the environment that Russia is committing on our territory,” said the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strelets.
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It is indicated that the approximate area of the contaminated water surface is 780 thousand square meters.
Ruslan Strelets noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, more than 3.8 thousand cases of environmental damage have been recorded.
At the same time, the amount of damage reaches almost 2.2 trillion hryvnia.
The minister also emphasized that Ukraine for the first time reported suspicion of committing ecocide to a Russian colonel general and four of his subordinates.
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On the evening of February 9, Russia launched drone strikes on Kharkov. The hit was recorded in the Nemyshlyansky district of the city. As a result of the attack, seven civilians were killed and 57 people were injured.
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President Vladimir Zelensky expressed condolences to the families of the victims. “Children who have not yet had time to see life and were killed because of Russian madness,” the president said. He promised help to the families of the victims.
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Later it became known that as a result Russian attacks on Kharkov killed a prosecutor, her husband and three sons. The family died inside their own home.
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Kharkov Mayor Igor Terekhov instructed the city commission on issues of technogenic-environmental safety and emergency situations inspect all places of storage, transportation and sale of petroleum products.
- The Russian attack on an oil depot in Kharkov led to large-scale pollution of land and water. According to preliminary data, more than 10 thousand square meters of territory are contaminated due to leakage fuel.