"They destroy it": The occupiers looted the "Askania New" Reserve - Ova

According to the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Alexander Proudin, the enemy did not leave alone animals who lived in the reserve. Some of them were taken to Crimea and to Russia. Russian invaders keep about 70% of the Kherson region under their control and regularly terrorize the region in various ways. The chief of the regional military administration Alexander Proudin shared the details in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

According to him, the famous Ukrainian reserve "Askania-Nova", which is temporarily in occupation, is regularly destroyed by the enemy. Animals are taken to other territories, including the captured Crimean peninsula. "This is true, they destroy it. The last thing I have heard is that they take animals to the Crimea and to Russia. That is, we can say that the reserve was gone. They robbed it capital," said Alexander Proudin.

But as for the blasting of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the consequences of this Russian step will be felt for a long time. There is no irrigation and the region dries in places where water does not get from the reservoir. At the bottom of the Dnieper, behind Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, everything returned to the former level. Trees and plants and ecologists continue to grow on top of the hydroelectric power plant.

At the same time, for the economy of the Kherson region it has a negative impact and is more likely to suffer from the Left Bank. "The reserves have been flooded, we have lost a bunch of everything, we will feel for a long time. But life and nature continue to develop as it will be, let's see. The opinions Pictured people say - it is necessary, because the area will not survive, " - summed up Alexander Proudin.