8 hectares of ecosystems in Kharkiv region burned down because of russian shelling

8 hectares of ecosystems in Kharkiv region burned down because of russian shelling

Because of the russian shelling of several districts of the Kharkiv region, more than 8 hectares of ecosystems were burned down.

The region's state emergency service reported this.

Fires caused by enemy shelling occurred in Chuhuiv (3), Izium (3), and Bohodukhiv (1) districts of the region.

As a result of these fires, residential buildings, farm buildings, a warehouse building, and more than 8 hectares of ecosystems were damaged.

Among the most extensive fires caused by the shelling were the fires in the private sector of Balaklia. Two residential buildings were burning in ​​1000 and 500 sq.m.

At 14:00 on June 12, because of enemy shelling, a coniferous forest in the Vysokobirske forestry of the Izium district of the Kharkiv region broke out. The flames covered an area of ​​about 4 hectares.

In mid-May, the media reported that the mass fires had been raging in the Kherson region since mid-April, and it had been difficult to put them out because of russia's occupation of the region. 

Adviser to the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Serhii Vlasenko told in a comment to Radio Svoboda: "Today, there's a big fire in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. The approximate area of the fire is about 800 hectares. We can determine the exact area after the fire is extinguished, then the exact area will be known," he said.

Later, the head of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, Yurii Bolokhovets, announced on Facebook that the fire covered more than 1587 hectares in the occupied Kherson region. The russian military has begun to allow state forest guards to fire sites.

"However, before that, the occupiers took away almost all the equipment from the foresters. There are also enormous problems with fuel," Yurii Bolokhovets said.

russian troops are destroying the unique Kinburn Spit Reserve in southern Ukraine, where fires have been raging for more than a week, Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova said. There are also people on the territory of the spit who need help. 

Oleksandr Ovsiankin, a volunteer, who helps the people of Kinburn Spit with medicines and food, told Suspilne: "I know that there is nothing to put out fires with. The occupiers took away the equipment and fuel. If the fire continues to spread, we will not see forests there again."