Shelling of schools for 3 months caused UAH 562 million in environmental damage

Shelling of schools for 3 months caused UAH 562 million in environmental damage t.me/novostiniko
Katerina Belousova

2.49 hectares of land were littered with construction waste and fragments of combat parts of missiles and shells

Eco-inspectors have calculated more than 562 million hryvnias in damages from land pollution with demolition waste in the Mykolaiv region during July-September 2022.

Debris of buildings of higher and secondary education institutions from rocket strikes generated more than 10 tons of waste, reports State Inspection of the South-Western District on Telegram.

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It was noted that the damage was caused by the clogging of land plots with a total area of ​​2.49 hectares with construction waste and fragments of combat parts of missiles and projectiles.

Ecoinspectors handed over the calculation materials to law enforcement agencies and the Operational Headquarters of the State Ecoinspection.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that eco-inspectors calculated 2.4 million hryvnias in damages from the fire of dry grass caused by the impact of ammunition and their fragments, in the Kutsurub territorial community of the Mykolaiv region. The fire released 792 tons of carbon dioxide into the air and destroyed 10,000 square meters of territory.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in the Mykolaiv region, repeated shelling by Russian troops of the State Enterprise "Mykolaiv Forestry" caused large-scale fires that damaged the environment losses in the amount of more than 111 million hryvnias.

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