From January 17 to January 23, 2025, territorial and interregional bodies of the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine conducted 398 control measures and compiled 398 protocols for administrative violations.
The total amount of imposed fines is 87 thousand UAH.
A total of 75 thousand UAH has been collected for the State Budget.
For violations of environmental legislation, damages have been calculated at 24 million 318 thousand UAH.
The total amount of claims and lawsuits amounts to 1 million 253 thousand UAH.
Damages have been recovered voluntarily and forcibly in the amount of 28 million 585 thousand UAH (taking into account previously presented claims and lawsuits).
The most notable violations of environmental legislation include:
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The Dnipro District Inspection calculated damages of 16 million 509 thousand 128 UAH due to soil pollution from sewage discharges on the land plot located in Kryvyi Rih. A statement regarding the commission of a criminal offense has been sent to OP No. 4 of the Kryvyi Rih RUP of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk Region.
Zhytomyr Region
The Polissya District Inspection calculated damages of 1 million 843 thousand 636 UAH for the illegal logging of 145 mature trees near the village of Vysoke in the Vysokivska community of Zhytomyr District. The materials have been sent to the Investigative Department of the National Police in Zhytomyr Region.
Kirovohrad Region
The Dnipro District Inspection calculated damages of 652 thousand 562 UAH for illegal tree cutting by citizens in the protective forest strip located outside the settlement in the territory of the Ketrisanivka village council in Kropyvnytskyi District. The materials have been forwarded to OP No. 3 (Bobra) of the Kirovohrad RUP of the National Police.
Odesa Region
The Southwestern District Inspection calculated damages of 619 thousand 487 UAH for illegal tree cutting in the protective forest strip outside the settlement of Bolshoy Dalnik, in the Velykodalnytska territorial community of Odesa District. The materials have been sent to Odesa RUP No. 2 of the National Police.
Chernihiv Region
The inspection in Chernihiv Region calculated damages of 2 million 709 thousand 989 UAH for illegal logging by unidentified individuals of 122 trees near the village of Mateivka in the territory of the Baturyn territorial community of Nizhyn District. A statement regarding the crime has been forwarded to OP No. 1 (Bakhmach) of the Nizhyn RUP of the National Police in Chernihiv Region.
Odesa Region
On April 30, 2020, in the waters of the "Yuzhny" seaport, the vessel STAVANGER discharged 8.4 tons of palm oil. The damage caused to the state amounted to 2.4 million US dollars. The company "MARINO SHIPPING CO PTE LTD" refused to voluntarily compensate for the damage. The Economic Court of Odesa Region satisfied the claim of the local prosecutor's office.
The Appellate Court and the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the first instance court, rejecting the defendant's appeal and cassation complaints, obliging the company to pay 64.8 million UAH based on the exchange rate of the US dollar on the day the claim was filed.
In 2022, the company made a partial payment of 36 million 569 thousand 600 UAH. The total amount of damages was finally paid on January 17, 2025, amounting to 28 million 239 thousand 834 UAH.