In Nikolaev, work continues to collect water-oil emulsion from the waters of the Southern Bug River. Over the past 24 hours, rescuers have collected 7 tons of contaminated mixture. The total volume of pumped out substances since the beginning of liquidation is 212 tons. This was reported by the Nikolaev City Council.

On the night of December 28, as a result of falling debris from a Russian drone, a tank with vegetable oil on the territory of an agro-industrial enterprise was damaged.. Because of this, there was a significant leak of oil that got into the surrounding areas and into the water of the Southern Bug River.

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Specialists continue cleaning the water area using specialized equipment. Work is carried out around the clock to minimize the environmental consequences of the incident.

Let us recall that in the summer, pollution of the Seim River by technological discharges from a plant in Russia led to an environmental disaster in the waterways of Ukraine, in particular the Desna River.. To date, the estimated damage to the environment of the Sumy and Chernihiv regions is already more than 530 million hryvnia.