Unprecedented pollution of the Seim River has been recorded in Sumy Oblast, causing serious concern among local residents and environmentalists. The Regional Military Administration (OVA) said it could be a planned act of environmental aggression by Russia.
Specialists monitor the content and condition of water in the Seim River daily, and communities use special equipment to carry out cleaning activities near bridges and pontoon crossings. Discharges of this scale into the Seim River have not been recorded throughout history, so we can conclude that this is a planned action by the enemy to destroy the river.
As noted in the OVA, in September, specialists recorded a new wave of pollution of the Seim River, as a result of which the water began to darken, and a sharp sulfurous smell appeared near the reservoir
Specialists monitor the content and condition of water on a daily basis, and in communities, using special equipment, carry out cleaning activities near bridges and pontoon crossings.
“Discharges of such a scale have not been recorded in the Sejm throughout history. We can conclude that this is a planned action by the enemy to destroy the river. By committing such actions, Russia is also using ecological weapons. Today, everyone should be involved in eliminating the consequences. I ask all communities to join this process: with equipment, to involve people. We are already working on this issue at the ministerial level, we are working with scientific institutions, so our common task is to save the river and prevent an even greater catastrophe,” said the head of the OVA, Volodymyr Artyukh.
The discharge of sewage from a sugar factory in the city of Tyotkino, Russia, caused the Seim River to be polluted with organic matter, leading to a mass fish kill.
