The Donbass threatens ecological disaster, – Gerashchenko

According to Gerashchenko, critical is the situation with the mines in the occupied territories.

The representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian sub-group of the TAG, the first Vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko said that the environmental situation in the Donbas explosive, critical situation with the mines located on the government of uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

“7 of them (mine – Ed.) completely destroyed and cannot be recovered. In the occupied territories is 115 Ukrainian mines, some stolen and exported equipment, some flooded to the critical limit and there will need to immediately pump out the water, otherwise it will happen, incorrigible: shifts, pollution of groundwater, rivers,” wrote Gerashchenko on his page on the social network Facebook on Sunday.

According to her, the willingness to help expressed by the experts from Germany, but the representatives of ORDO not let them.

Also, according to first Vice speaker, the critical is the situation in the Donetsk filtering station, where, because of continued shelling the workers refuse to leave for repairs, and Avdiivka coke, where you have to carry out repairs of water supply system in the area controlled by the militants of Yasinovataya. “Man-made disaster could end the situation with overcrowded tanks enterprise “Inkor” for repair works need at least 5 days of silence, which do not give” – said Gerashchenko.

The representative of Ukraine in the TAG expressed the conviction that “ecological problems of Donbas to come to the fore after the security and humanitarian component.

“It is very important to the attention of the world… This issue needs increased attention at the highest level, otherwise it may be trouble, which will cover not only affected by the war region, and a much larger area,” she said.

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