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Illegal logging, mineral extraction, and water pollution are the most costly to the environment

Sand was extracted not at a single site, but at six locations at once

Forestry officials organized the illegal logging of more than 9,000 trees in the Carpathians

Due to a conspiracy involving the directors of transportation companies, the mayor, and the state registrar, the environment suffered losses of over 180 million hryvnias

Due to excessive levels of hazardous compounds, the soil has lost its fertility

In Dnipro, a waterfront conservation area worth 170 million hryvnias is being developed, while in Kyiv, a former lawmaker and traitor has appropriated protected land worth nearly 600 million hryvnias

The environmental damage is estimated at over 1.7 million hryvnias

This practice has already become systemic, and current legislation does not allow for the immediate suspension of subsoil use rights for violators

The most high-profile violations involve deforestation

The company's director could face up to six years in prison

In the most high-profile case, the prosecutor’s office succeeded in proving that the development of the Svyatoshyn Ponds in Kyiv was illegal; however, the ponds had already been filled in

More than 13,500 trees were cut down using forged logging permits