The focus of the Asian migratory locust, which flooded the annexed Crimea, is presumably located in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. This is on the air of Radio Crimea. Realities reported Grigory Popov, Candidate of Biological Sciences, a member of the Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

"There are foci. Most likely, the locusts got to the Crimea from the nearby Krasnodar Territory of Russia, where locusts accumulate over the years and quietly exist, without increasing their numbers, in the mouths of large rivers. It is capable of overcoming hundreds of kilometers, and 300-400 kilometers for it is not a question. The main feature of the locust is that it reacts to any weather changes of the current year, "Popov said..

The expert stressed that even if the locust invasion is now stopped in the Crimea, there are big risks that the situation will repeat in the next year.

"The end of July is the time when the adult locusts, which flew and ate something, just set about laying eggs. They are deposited by the female in small boxes. Concerns of Crimeans and Crimean agrarians are quite understandable, since now, if this outbreak is not suppressed, they will receive a certain supply of locusts, which will rest peacefully in the ground until next year, "Popov emphasized..

According to him, it is necessary not just chemical treatment, but measures for deep plowing.

"These flocks are huge, if the flocks were small, then this problem simply would not have been. They (flocks of locusts - eds. ), Can be 100-150 kilometers long. Africa was the last largest locust outbreak in the 21st century, then the economies of several countries suffered, the number of locust specimens in the largest number reached 70 billion insects, "the scientist said..

Russia occupied the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014 year.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially declared February 20, 2014 the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia. Key international organizations, including the UN General Assembly, condemned Russia's actions and called the annexation and occupation of the Crimea illegal. Against the Russian Federation, economic sanctions were introduced. For holding Moscow's so-called elections with Crimea's participation in 2016, the Ukrainian parliament declared the State Duma illegitimate.