The SBU opened a case under the item "Ecocide" in connection with the fire at the oil depot near Kiev

The security service of Ukraine opened a criminal case under the criminal code according to section of the criminal code "Ecocide" in fact fire at the oil depot near Kiev, said the head of the main investigation Department of the security service of Ukraine Vasily Vovk.
"It is the actions that could lead To environmental disaster," quotes his words " information Agency ".
the head of the security service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaychenko have said before, that one of the former Deputy Prosecutor General of the country received income from petroleum base near Kiev. Nalyvaychenko said that the tank farm owned by former energy Minister Eduard Stavytsky. The head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov stated that the losses from the effects of a fire at the oil depot in the Vasilkovsky district, Kiev region amount to more than 1 billion hryvnia (about us $ 48 million). According to Avakov, the police tied "actual head" tank farm in Kyiv oblast, where there was a massive Fire. On the last working day of the week the Head of civil service on emergency situations of Ukraine Mykola Chechetkin has stated that the elimination of fires on burning for five days, a tank farm in Kyiv oblast completed. However, later in gschs of Ukraine stated that one of the tanks lit up again. According to the Ministry of health of Ukraine, the number of received damage as a result of the fire increased to 20 people, five of them lost his life. Wednesday Avakov said that fire crews involved in the destruction of fire will be strengthened with special fire tanks. The mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko reported that the level of air pollution in Kiev because of a fire at the oil depot exceeded the maximum permissible limits, in the city introduced a number of restrictions. The fire at the oil depot "BRSM-oil" broke out on the evening of the first day of the week. On Tuesday morning, rescuers said about the explosion. Kindled all 17 fuel tanks. By Monday evening, the overwhelming number of them turned out to put out.


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