On March 23, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol submitted an information to the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations into the fact that the occupation administration implemented the policy of the occupying state aimed at large-scale destruction and misappropriation of private and state property, not justified by military necessity, and carried out illegally and aimlessly – monuments of horticultural culture “Foros Landscape Park”. Such actions of the occupation administration were qualified as violations of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The investigation is being conducted by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
“We condemn the environmental arbitrariness committed by the occupation administration of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Construction of the so-called “Kerch Bridge”, the so-called “Tavrida” route, military trainings within protected areas, the construction of Cape Meganom – these actions have a very negative impact on the environment of the Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The construction of the age-old Foros Park, a monument and a protected area of national importance is another serious violation of the occupation administration and an action that has extremely negative consequences for the natural environment of the peninsula. We have provided relevant information about this illegal activity to our law enforcement agencies and, at our request, relevant criminal proceedings have been opened. We are grateful to the law enforcement for their reaction and we are convinced that such actions of the occupation administration should be the subject of attention of both Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and the international community,” the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Anton Korynevych.
The Mission systematically monitors and records illegal activities of the occupying state of the Russian Federation and its occupation administration. There will be an appropriate reaction and a proper legal assessment for any each new fact.
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