Monitoring
The air in Dnipro is the most hazardous – dust levels there are three times higher than normal
A jeep driver from Zakarpattia and the head of a polluting company in Dnipro are to stand trial
It is impossible to restore primeval forests after they have been felled, as these ecosystems have taken millennia to develop
The highest levels of harmful dust have been recorded in Rivne and Chernivtsi, which have overtaken Zaporizhzhia
The developer ignored the existence of the trees in the project, whilst the authorities ‘forgot’ about the public consultations
A separate issue is the drainage of marshes and floodplains, which is taking place due to the rapid urbanisation of Lviv and Uzhhorod
Some water users have had their quotas cut by a factor of ten
In some parts of the capital, dust levels are almost three times the permitted limit
The fire destroyed over 1,000 hectares of a unique floodplain ecosystem
The birds are being scared off by constant explosions and drones flying overhead
Cities need to adapt to the new circumstances, in particular by building rainwater storage facilities
Police are investigating breaches of water protection regulations