As a result of the destruction of the dam, 150 tons of oil spilled

Ukraine announced that 150 tons of engine oil had spilled into the Dnieper River on Tuesday after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in the country’s south, warning of environmental dangers.

“There is also a risk of new oil leaks that will have a negative impact on the environment,” warned Daria Zarivna, an adviser to the head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, quoted by the French news agency AFP.

In a statement published earlier, the President of Ukraine assessed the risk of new leaks of “more than 300 tons” of oil.

In a message on the Telegram social network, Yermak accused Russia of committing ecocide, a crime against the environment.

Yermak also warned that the flooding would affect irrigation systems in the area and severely damage agricultural production, dealing “a blow to global food security.”

This is “the worst man-made disaster in the world in recent decades,” said Yermak, quoted by EFE.

The destruction of the dam raises fears of serious consequences for the flora and fauna of this region of southern Ukraine.

Russia denied Ukraine’s accusations and said that the partial destruction of the dam was a deliberate sabotage by Kyiv in order to deprive the Crimean peninsula of water.

“All responsibility lies with the Kiev regime,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin (President of Russia).

Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, as did Kherson (where the Kakhovka Dam is located), Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporozhye after invading the neighboring country on February 24, 2022.

The conflict in Ukraine plunged Europe into the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).

Information about the course of the war released by the two sides cannot be immediately verified by independent sources.