Russia cause damage of over US$40 billion to Ukrainian environment since 24 February
The total amount of losses recorded by the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine is more than UAH 1.5 trillion [US$40.8 billion].
Source: press service of the State Environmental Inspectorate
Thus, the Unified Register of Damages included 1,042 facts of events that occurred on the territory of our country as a result of the military intervention of the Russian Federation and caused damage to the environment.
"In particular, specialists of the State Environmental Inspectorate took 854 soil samples and 1,138 water samples. As a result of control measures, the damage to the environment was calculated, so the total amount of damage caused to atmospheric air, land and water resources is more than UAH 1.5 trillion [US$40.8 billion]," said Dmytro Zaruba, First Deputy Chairman of the State Environmental Inspectorate.
Background:
The Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament – ed.] accepted in full the government's draft law "on the National Register of Emissions and Transfer of Pollutants".
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