In Mykolaiv Region, a Russian attack on a facility belonging to the Kernel agricultural holding has caused a sunflower oil spill. The contaminated area exceeds 3,500 square metres.
This was reported by the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District.
According to the environmental inspectorate, at around 05:30 on 12 November a Russian drone struck the premises of Bandurka Oil Extraction Plant LLC, located in the village of Bandurka in the Pervomaisk district.
As a result of the strike, four tanks storing 8,500 tonnes of sunflower oil were damaged. One of them, with a capacity of 3,000 cubic metres, was completely destroyed.
The protective earth bund was also damaged, causing oil to spill onto an adjacent plot of land. There is no threat to residential areas.
Environmental inspectorate specialists inspected the site and took soil samples for laboratory testing. No direct discharge of oil into the Chornyi Tashlyk River has been recorded so far.
Pumping work is under way on the company’s premises to remove oil from the damaged bund. Additional earthen barriers are also being installed to prevent the contamination from spreading further and to stop oil from reaching water bodies.
After receiving the laboratory test results and reviewing the collected materials, the environmental inspectorate will calculate the amount of damage caused.