In the Chernobyl exclusion zone, the director of a company is accused of cutting down over a thousand trees. The damage is estimated at UAH 77 million.
This was reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office in the Kyiv region.
According to the investigation, under a contract with PJSC “NPC Ukrenergo,” the contractor undertook to independently obtain all the necessary permits to carry out work on clearing power lines in the exclusion zone. At the same time, the director of the company, in violation of the terms of the contract and without the appropriate permits, organized the illegal felling of 1,023 trees.
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The Vyshgorod District Police are currently investigating the crime. According to Article 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, illegal logging on a particularly large scale is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years with the possibility of confiscation of property.
As EcoPolitic reported earlier, during October-November 2023, accomplices illegally cut down trees in the Volyn forests and transported them to a sawmill controlled by the director for further processing. The perpetrators caused damage to the environment amounting to more than UAH 7.3 million.
