Almost 55 thousand hectares of forests may be flooded with water in the Kherson region as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydropower plant by Russian troops, of which 47 thousand hectares are occupied territories, said the director of the state enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” Yuri Bolokhovets.
“It is quite difficult to assess the damage caused to forestry now, because we do not have access to the occupied territories. However, it is possible to predict the situation,” he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
Bolokhovets noted that the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region is planted with pine forests. The fertile layer of forests and young plantings could have already been literally swept away by the flow of water.
Pine grows well where it is dry, the expert explains. Stagnant water in waterlogged places provokes the development of root rot and changes the acidity of the soil. It can kill trees if the water stagnates for up to 20 days, as it is predicted. Trees under 10 years of age are particularly endangered, the report says.
Of particular concern to the head of the state enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” are wild animals, which found themselves in flooded areas. “If there is still hope for the preservation of plants in the forest, the animals are actually doomed. Perhaps some may be able to cling to an island of land, but the vast majority will simply be carried by the current into the open sea. These are deer, roe deer, wild boar. Lizards, snakes, hares, hedgehogs have no chance”, Bolokhovets notes.
He also pointed out that the threat of flooding is close to Kynburne Spit, most of which is below sea level. According to him, the isthmus at the end of the bay outside the Dnieper delta is likely to be almost completely flooded, and this could happen in 50 hours after the breach of the dam.
“The regional landscape park “Kinburn Spit”, which has been suffering from fires as a result of shelling for more than a year, may now be partially under water,” said Bolokhovets.
It is noted that due to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station into the Dnieper about 150 tons of machine grease, the precipitation of which on plants leads to irreversible consequences in the process of photosynthesis.
“Such actions of a terrorist country are ecocide, for which they will have to answer”, – summarized the head of the state enterprise “Forests of Ukraine”.
The peak of water spill from the Kakhovka reservoir is expected by the morning of June 7, reported PJSC “Ukrhydroenergo” with reference to the general director of the company Igor Sirota on Tuesday.
“Further, there will be a stabilization of the water level. In 4-5 days the water will begin to recede,” said the head of Ukrhydroenergo.
On Tuesday morning, the Ukrhydrometeocenter warned that on the Dnieper River below the town of Novaya Kakhovka, as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydropower plant, intense rise in water levels with flooding of riverbed areas and lowered parts in Kherson, in Kherson, Berislavsk, Skadovsky districts of Kherson region is expected. III level of danger – red.
As reported, at 02:50 on June 6, Russian troops carried out an internal explosion of structures at the occupied Kakhovska HPP, which led to the flooding of a number of settlements in the Kherson region. As of 11:00 a.m., 16 gates of the plant, the HPP building and the earth dam insert between the HPP building and the sluice and admin building were destroyed.
At the same time, the explosion of the HPP did not directly affect the situation in the Ukrainian energy system. There are no threats to the stability of power supply. The generated electricity is sufficient to cover the needs of consumers.
The destruction of the hydropower plant is considered a violation of the Geneva Convention.
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The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) has rescheduled the second privatization auction of Belgorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Commercial Port (BSCP), setting it for June 14, 2023.
According to the announcement on the SPF website, the starting price of the object was almost halved – down to $92.46 million (excluding VAT). The auction will be held in the ProZorro.Selling system. The guarantee fee is 18.49 mln UAH.
As reported, a repeated auction for the sale of Belgorod-Dnistrovsky ICC was scheduled for June 6. The announced starting price was UAH 184.92 million (excluding VAT). The guarantee fee amounted to UAH 36.98 million.
Earlier it was also reported that the winner of the previous auction for the sale of “Belgorod-Dnistrovskiy MPP”, which was held on March 13, LLC “Ukrdoninvest” businessman Vitaly Kropachev refused to buy the port at the stage of coordinating the terms of the sales contract with the regional office of the State Property Fund in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions. The company specified that the sale price of the port at an auction, which it won was 264.12 mln hryvnia (including VAT). It was also reported that Ukrdoninvest did not ask for the refund of the guarantee fee of 18.76 million UAH.
The State Property Fund reported that it will hold the privatization auction for Belgorod-Dnistrovskiy ICC again, because the auction in which it was sold to Ukrtdoninvest failed: the auction winner did not pay for the object, the press service of the Fund reported.
The first auction for the sale of the port, scheduled for March 3, with a starting price of 187.57 million UAH, was not held.
The SPF stated earlier that Belgorod-Dnistrovsky port, founded in 1971, is unprofitable, however, since 2022, the enterprise “plays an important role in ensuring the world food security as a logistical center for the ports on the Danube”. In the first quarter of 2023 the total income of the port was 7.391 million hryvnias. At the same time the loss for this period was 4.45 mln UAH. As of March 31, 2023, the amount of overdue accounts payable was 118.7 million UAH, including wage arrears of 11.5 million UAH. The total debt on wages and payments to the budget is 96.37 million UAH, including penalties of 1.7 million UAH.
In 2022 Belgorod-Dnistrovsky ICC has made 63 thousand UAH of profit against losses of 28.5 million UAH in 2021 and 25.2 million UAH in 2020.
The port provides loading and unloading services for the main range of cargo: timber cargo, mineral fertilizers, iron ore pellets, metal products. It works with timber and grain cargoes bound for export.
The blowing up of the Kakhovskaya HPP (Dnipropetrovsk Region) has not directly affected the situation in the country’s energy system and there is no threat to power supply stability, the Ministry of Energy and NEC Ukrenergo said on Tuesday. As of June 6, there was enough electricity generated to cover consumers’ needs.
“Experts of the Ministry of Energy and Ukrhydroenergo are studying the potential impact of the disaster on the volume of hydro generation. The actual level of electricity generated so far corresponds to the planned one,” the ministry noted, in particular.
It also confirmed the information about the absence of a direct threat to the Zaporizhzhya NPP,
“The situation at ZNPP. Despite the gradual decrease in the water level, there is no direct threat to the occupied plant. Energoatom experts are constantly monitoring the situation,” the ministry stated.
At the same time there is a risk of flooding of power facilities in the Kherson region, in particular, the Kherson CHPP, because of the dam detonation. Because of the underflooding in Kherson almost 12 thousand consumers in the area of Ostrov are already de-energized, there may be problems with water supply. Preventive anti-crisis measures are being prepared.
In turn, Ukrenergo reminded that from the first days of aggression, the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was occupied and mined by the Russians. Technological connection with it has been lost, the output of power to the controlled territory of Ukraine from the plant was not made.
“Tonight the aggressor country committed another act of terrorism at the civilian infrastructure facility, which is a tragedy for our fellow citizens and a large-scale environmental catastrophe. “Ukrenergo will further report on the impact of the consequences of the disaster on the state of the energy system,” the NEC said.
In addition, according to the ministry and Ukrenergo, overnight Russian shelling damaged regional power grids in Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy and Donetsk regions. In the Kiev region, there is damage to oblenergo networks due to the falling debris of a hostile target shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
“Due to previous shelling, some consumers in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions also remain without power. Repair crews are working where the security situation allows it,” the Ministry of Energy added.
In addition, according to Ukrenergo, in the morning and partially in the afternoon of June 6, electricity is exported to Poland. During the daytime, there are imports from Slovakia. There are no imports or exports in the evening.
According to the Ministry of Energy, commercial imports of electricity on June 5 amounted to 1,031 MWh, while exports to Poland amounted to 1,800 MWh.
Primary registrations of used cars imported from abroad in May 2023 increased slightly (by 0.3%) up to almost 15.4 thousand units, which was the largest number of registrations per month since the beginning of the year, informed the association “Ukrautoprom” in Telegram channel.
“There is no point in comparing with last year’s May, because last year used cars were massively imported to Ukraine under ‘zero’ customs clearance,” the association said in a statement.
The largest share in this segment of the car market still belongs to gasoline cars – 45%, followed by diesel cars – 36%, electric cars – 12% (in April – 11%), vehicles with HBO – 5% and hybrids – 2% (3% in April).
The average age of used cars, which switched to Ukrainian plates in May, is 11 years (as in April), and the oldest car was Honda Prelude of 1992 production year.
According to the Association, in May the leader of registrations has changed – it was Volkswagen Golf (1333), pushing back Renault Megane (1230) to the second position.
Next come Skoda Octavia (840), Volkswagen Passat (694), Ford Focus (403), Nissan Leaf (388), Nissan Qashqai (360), VW Touran (326), AUDI A4 (297), Skoda Fabia (294).
As reported with reference to “Ukravtoprom”, new cars in Ukraine were registered 5.1 thousand in April, i.e. three times less.
“Ukravtoprom” reports that a total of 69.9 thousand used cars, imported from abroad, got the first registration in Ukraine in January-May, which is 3.2 times more than sales of new cars during the same period.
The Ukrainians in 2022 registered 388.5 thousand imported used cars foreign cars, which is nearly a quarter less than a year earlier, but more than 10 times more than the market of new cars.
