Oil spill in Kyiv lake caused by Russian strike is contained, no threat to Dnipro reported – photos

Municipal services and emergency crews in Kyiv have contained pollution in Kyrylivske Lake in the city's Obolonskyi district, which was caused by a Russian attack on 2 July.

Source: Kyiv City State Administration's Department of Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation

Quote: "The pollution occurred after an industrial facility was damaged, allowing oil products to enter the Syrets stream through the stormwater drainage system before flowing into Kyrylivske Lake.

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Thanks to the prompt response of municipal services and emergency crews, the pollution has been contained. Ongoing monitoring has detected no oil products in the Pochaina River, meaning there is currently no threat to the Dnipro River."