Chernivtsi region — latest ecology news

This week, both "black loggers" and forestry workers were traditionally caught in illegal logging.

Large-scale damage was caused by an organized criminal group that had been illegally mining amber for almost three years

This week, environmental inspectors calculated the largest amounts of damage for land pollution

Law enforcement officers have completed an investigation into another criminal group of officials of the Kutske Forestry in Ivano-Frankivsk region who caused hundreds of millions of hryvnias in damage to the reserve fund

The most significant damage was caused by a "shahed" who attacked an apartment building in Zhytomyr region

This week there were many cases against foresters and poachers

The most high-profile case of the week was the exposure of a large criminal group in Volyn, which was engaged in illegal logging

Another organized criminal group engaged in illegal logging is exposed

Monitoring was carried out using Sentinel-2 satellite images

Now he faces 8 to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property

Violators face imprisonment from 6 to 10 years

As punishment, he can receive up to 10 years of imprisonment