Russia has caused more than UAH 200 billion in damage to Ukraine’s environment – the head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection
Today, the amount of damage to the environment caused by Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine exceeds UAH 200 billion.
This was reported by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ruslan Strilets.
According to him, data collection is ongoing, and today the amount of damages has exceeded UAH 200 billion.
– We are constantly collecting information. All the recorded cases are added daily to the Eco-Threat mobile app, which anyone can join. Unfortunately, this amount has exceeded UAH 200 billion today, – told Ruslan Strilets reporters during a visit to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
He noted that some environmental damage cannot be estimated in money.
– Some ecosystems will probably never be restored, or it will take hundreds of years. If it’s about a burnt tree that has grown for 50-100 years or burned hectares of valuable land. No funds will restore them, – said the Minister.
As for the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the exclusion zone, the total amount of damage caused by the Russian army during the occupation has already reached UAH 2 billion. But, according to the Minister, they can say the final amount after identifying all the damages.
The Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine believes that Russia also must compensate for the moral damage to the Chornobyl workers, who were forcibly detained at the station for more than 30 days.
We will recall that the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was occupied from the first day of the war until the end of March. The occupiers looted a modern radiation laboratory worth 6 million euros.
In early May, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources said that 900 Nature Reserves in Ukraine are in danger due to the war.
