Farmers illegally used 68 hectares of land in Odesa region

State inspectors for environmental protection of the Southwestern District recorded the fact of unauthorized use of land plots in the Podil district of Odesa region.

This was reported by the press service of the inspectorate.

Activities related to the cultivation of crops were carried out on eight separate plots with a total area of almost 68 hectares. The amount of damage caused is over UAH 84 thousand.

The materials were handed over to the National Police, which is conducting a pre-trial investigation under Part 1 of Article 197-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Once the perpetrators are identified and their guilt is proven, the squatters face a fine of two hundred to three hundred tax-free minimum incomes or probationary supervision for up to two years.

Earlier, an entrepreneur from Podilskyi district of Odesa region was sentenced to one year in prison, which was immediately replaced by a probationary period of one year for unauthorized occupation of a land plot in a protected zone.

By his actions, the offender caused material damage to the community in the amount of over UAH 347 thousand. At the request of the police, the court seized the land with crops.

In May, the Tarutino District Court of Odesa Oblast found a Sarata native guilty of illegal appropriation of the surface layer of water fund lands on a particularly large scale and fined him UAH 17,000. The man illegally dug a pond near the Chiligider River and filled it with its waters.

Earlier, a farmer from Izmail district in Odesa region was accused of unauthorized seizure of a land plot near Lake Katlabukh. The agronomist was interested in the land plot. He decided to cultivate and plant it without having any permits for the land.

Кирило Бойко