UKRAINE, Nov 6 – More than 6,000 environmental crimes have been recorded as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the damage caused has already reached $71.8 billion, reported Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.

Ombudsman Dmytro noted that mined areas, destroyed forests, poisoned water resources, and polluted atmosphere all lead to ecocide.

“These consequences will stay with us for decades, destroying ecosystems and threatening the health of future generations,” Lubinets said.

Svitlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, said that the number of environmental crimes is growing every day as the war continues.

The crimes include 6.5 thousand recorded cases of environmental damage due to hostilities, $71 billion in environmental damage, the Kakhovka HPP disaster and the loss of 14 cubic kilometers of water, more than 10,000 missiles fired at Ukrainian infrastructure, energy, and residential buildings, and more than a third of the country’s territory mined.

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