Monitoring

As a result of the official’s actions, over 4,200 trees were felled, causing losses of nearly 3 million hryvnias

Dozens of crimes relate to the destruction of forests – involving officials, businesspeople and ordinary citizens driven by greed

Rescue workers emphasise the difficulty of the work, as the fire is spreading beneath the surface of the ground

Council workers are removing contaminated plants and treating the areas with sorbent

Fires are being reported in the south

According to campaigners, the government’s experiment threatens to destroy green spaces across the country

The suspects used their professional knowledge of the valuable area to select logging sites and conceal the crime

The agricultural enterprise declined to comment on the situation

Valuable animals are sold on the black market, and goats and pigs are brought in to replace them

Animals are being poisoned by petroleum products, whilst explosions are causing disorientation and concussions

Non-native fish adapt well to the aquatic conditions in Ukraine and have a number of evolutionary advantages

The former director of one of the branches of ‘Forests of Ukraine’ has been charged with negligence, which led to 226 hectares of state-owned forest becoming ‘Medvedchuk’s holiday home’