Trees disappear in occupied cities in Luhansk Oblast: chopped for wood

Residents of the temporarily occupied cities of Luhansk Oblast are massively chopping down trees in order to heat their households.

Source: Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, at the Ukrinform press centre

Haidai states that the situation with the heating season in big occupied cities in Luhansk Oblast is critical.

 "The occupiers and collaborators have not prepared big cities for the heating season. It sounds like utter nonsense to us but they are taking wood up to residential buildings. They only do this one or two times and that’s it", – Haidai explains.

There are almost no trees in Rubizhne, Sievierodonetsk and other big cities because people are using wood for heating.

"It is extremely dangerous to go to forests as they are mined so residents are chopping down trees in the cities", Haidai states.

Background: Earlier, UP posted an article, describing how New Year was celebrated in Mariupol last year and how it will be celebrated this year, in occupation.

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