The State Ecological Inspectorate recorded more than 2,300 cases of damage caused to the environment as a result of Russian aggression. The total amount of damage to land and water resources, as well as atmospheric air is about UAH 1 trillion 900 billion. In total, as a result of the Russian invasion, 514 objects of the natural reserve fund with an area of \u200b\u200b0.8 million. hectares. Oleksandr Stavniychuk, Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, spoke about this on the air of Ukrainian Radio..

According to him, about 600 species of animals, about 740 species of plants and fungi, in particular, those listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, are under threat.. There is a catastrophic death of the Black Sea dolphins as a result of the use by the aggressor of hydroacoustic devices of submarines and surface boats, a large number of mines in the Black Sea, bombardments, missile strikes from the sea.

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" Seasonal migrations pass through these objects.. Therefore, more than 120 species of birds are under threat, which are the object of protection of the agreement on the conservation of African and Eurasian waterbirds.. Of particular concern is the destruction of cobbler colonies. In just one night, its nesting sites within the Tuzlovsky Limany National Natural Park were fired upon by 200 shells from Russian ships based in the coastal waters of the Black Sea,” said Alexander Stavniychuk.

Earlier it was reported that mine danger is increasing in the Black Sea due to a storm.