Large amounts of oil products flowed into rivers due to Russian shelling of Kharkiv
On the night of 9 January, the Russian army attacked Kharkiv with kamikaze drones, as a result of which an oil depot was damaged - a large fire broke out in which seven people died. Some of the fuel got into the riverbeds.
Oil products got into the rivers Nemyshlia, Lopan and Udy. This was reported by eco-activist Artem Prikhodko.
According to him, there is an acrid smell of diesel near the rivers, and the water has become brown-black in colour.
The eco-activist believes that petroleum products got into the ri vers through storm sewers and sewers, through streams, together with melted water from snow.
This can affect all inhabitants of the aquatic environment - fish, ducks, beavers, muskrats and the like. There is also a great threat of poisoning for humans," he noted.
The head of the Investigation Department of the National Police, Serhiy Bolvinov, told the Ґvara Media publication that more than 10,000 square metres of land were contaminated due to the Russian strike on the oil depot on 9 February. According to preliminary data, there was a leak of diesel fuel and petrol. In total, more than 3,800 tonnes of fuel were stored at the oil depot.
Bolvinov also confirmed that some of the oil products got into the Nemyshlia River.
on 12 February, the police appealed to the State Environmental Inspectorate in Kharkiv region, which has already taken samples of soil and water at the sites of pollution," the report said.
In addition, Ihor Terekhov instructed the city commission for technogenic-environmental safety and emergencies to inspect all places of storage, transportation and sale of petroleum products and other dangerous objects on the territory of Kharkiv.