April 28, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
(Photo: State Environmental Inspectorate)
Environmental inspectors have calculated the environmental damage caused by the Russian drone attack in the Peresypskyi district of Odesa on the night of April 13-14, 2025.
This was reported by the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Southwestern District.
The enemy shelling caused a fire in the warehouse of a private enterprise. The total area of the fire was about 1000 square meters.
According to environmental services, the fire released almost 80 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The estimated amount of environmental damage exceeds UAH 241 thousand.
Information on the consequences of the attack was passed to the Operational Headquarters of the State Environmental Inspectorate. They will be included in the unified register of environmental damage caused by Russian aggression.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a colorless, odorless gas that is formed during the combustion of organic materials and in the process of respiration of living organisms. It is one of the main greenhouse gases that cause global warming. An increase in its concentration in the atmosphere intensifies the greenhouse effect, causing climate change, extreme weather events, and rising sea levels. Emissions of large volumes of CO₂ harm the environment by worsening air quality and affecting the acidity of the oceans, which negatively affects marine ecosystems.
Carbon dioxide is not harmful to humans in normal concentrations, but in large volumes it can cause health problems: shortness of breath, headaches, decreased performance, and dizziness. Very high concentrations of this gas in the air pose a direct threat to life, as CO₂ displaces oxygen, causing oxygen starvation. The main sources of excessive carbon dioxide in the environment are industrial emissions, fires, transportation, armed conflicts, and natural disasters.
Intent wrote that on April 13, from 21:50 to 22:50, civilian infrastructure facilities came under Russian strikes. Eight civilians sustained mine-blast injuries. Initially, seven victims were known, but later information about one more injured person was reported. Four of them were hospitalized. Residential buildings, private businesses, medical facilities, shops, service stations, and at least 37 cars and trucks were also damaged.
Later on the night of April 14, the Russian Federation struck again at the city's civilian infrastructure. As a result of the strikes, fires broke out at several addresses, which firefighters extinguished.
Earlier, experts investigated the consequences of a missile strike on Odesa by the Russians on March 10, 2025, and estimated the total damage at more than one billion hryvnias.
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