It will take 100 years to restore the relict forests on the Kinburn Spit.
. In particular, 11,000 hectares of unique forest in the Mykolaiv Oblast in the Kinburnska Kosa Reserve burned down due to shelling and fighting. This was reported by the Russian propaganda publication RIA Novosti, publishing a video of the fire and blaming the fire on the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A large-scale forest fire can be seen in the video published on the RIA Novosti Telegram channel. It is claimed that it was filmed on the Kirnburska spit peninsula, which has the status of a nature reserve, in the Mykolayiv region. Russian propagandists refer to the occupying “representative of the emergency services” of the neighboring Kherson region, who blamed the fires on the Armed Forces, saying that the arson was caused by shelling of the Ukrainian military. And Ukrainian landmines prevent fire extinguishing, four civilians have already been blown up on them, all of them died.
On September 1, at a briefing, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ruslan Strilets, reported that the Kirnburska spit was suffering from the hostilities in the south of Ukraine .
“A vivid example of life under occupation and threats to protected areas of international importance is the Kinburn spit. Many wild animals and birds have died there today. We cannot even calculate their exact number. We only know that relict forests have burned down there, to restore them it will take many years, not even 10, not 50 and not 100,” Ruslan Strelets said then.
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