Minister: Russia's war inflicts $55 billion in environmental damage.

Ukraine's State Environmental Inspectorate reported that Russia's full-scale invasion has caused £55.9 billion (Hr 2 trillion) in environmental damage, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets said[1] on July 8. According to the minister, a single day of war causes £111 million (Hr 4 billion) in environmental damage. Strilets also said the number doesn't include the damage, caused by the Kakhovka dam explosion on June 6.

The calculations are ongoing. "Russia will pay for every day of this war. For every tree it burns.

For every piece of Ukrainian land desecrated. That is why we are uniting with the whole civilized world and working towards the recognition of ecocide in international law," Strilets said. Russia's war have been polluting and littering Ukraine's land, causing the wildfires, creating the hazardous waste, contaminating the water, deforesting, and disrupting the ecosystems.

As of late June, Russia's war has created more than 200,000 tons of hazardous waste and scrap metal, while every destroyed house represents 50 cubic meters of destruction waste, according[2] to the ministry.

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Alexander Khrebet is a reporter with the Kyiv Independent.

He covers Ukraine's foreign policy, alleged abuse of power in the country's military leadership, and reports on the Russian-occupied territories. Alexander is the European Press Prize 2023 winner, the #AllForJan Award 2023 winner and Ukraine's 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award finalist. His was published in the Washington Times and Atlantic Council.

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1. ^ said (www.kmu.gov.ua)
2. ^ according (kyivindependent.com)
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