In connection with the seizure of the Zaporozhye iron ore plant by the Russian military, there is a risk of contamination of aquifers, regional authorities are studying the situation.

Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, said this on the air of the national telethon..

" It has not been working since March, production has been stopped there, but this is the only enterprise in Ukraine that extracts iron ore from a depth of 1 km. The ore contains 68% iron, it actually does not need to be enriched.

But the peculiarity of the enterprise is that if pumping stations do not work, pump out water, then in fact in 3.5 weeks from 1 km the water level will rise to minus 30, and this can have serious consequences - contamination of surface waters and all horizons. iron ore,"

According to him, a commission for fuel and energy and emergency situations has now been convened, the situation is being studied in order to take further measures to prevent its deterioration..