Chief of the General Staff Andriy Yermak called the event in the village of Maryanske a “massive plague of fish” caused by Russian “terrorist destruction”, reports Sky News.

Dead fish is an ecological disaster in UkrainePhoto: video shooting

Fish cannot be consumed due to the risk of dangerous chemicals, pathogenic microorganisms and parasites, warned the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

The images echo the words of senior presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak, who predicted yesterday that “a global environmental disaster is unfolding and thousands of animals and ecosystems will be destroyed in the coming hours.”

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has already called the breach of the dam an “ecological disaster”.

The area of ​​destruction due to the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region is comparable to the territory of the whole of Lithuania. At the same time, in terms of consequences for the environment, the event can be qualified as “the biggest man-made disaster of recent decades.”

Vyacheslav Potapenko, director of the Institute of Green Economy of Ukraine, representative of the National Institute of Strategic Studies in Kyiv, believes so.

After the destruction, a huge wave of water broke out on the Dnieper, which flooded the plain of the city of Kherson, especially on the left side. It is clear that ecosystems are destroyed, people may die. If we talk about the ecological consequences, then this water enters the harbor, and then – into the Black Sea.

At the entrance to the Black Sea, there is a nature reserve of international level, where several species of migratory birds are found. It is obvious that everything is destroyed. And it is not clear when these ecosystems can be fully restored.

But this is far from the worst thing. Among the other consequences is a decrease in the level of groundwater, several settlements will remain without the main source of drinking water. More fish and other life in that aquarium will die and decay. Because of this, there is a risk of diseases and epidemiological danger in the summer, – explains Vyacheslav Potapenko.

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