Trees for dugouts, roads for tanks: Russia is turning Crimea from paradise to hell

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According to the report, the Crimean peninsula has been a priority service area for participants in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine for four years now. The main production facilities and many civilian sectors have been converted to war footing. Everything from equipment and people to natural resources is being used in the region to support the war against Ukraine. Crimea. Reality tells us how Crimea's natural wealth is being sacrificed for the war. In Crimea, trees are being cut down en masse to meet the needs of Russian troops on the occupied left bank of the Kherson region, activists claim.“On the peninsula, trees are being cut down en masse in parks to use them to heat dugouts and bunkers of Russian military on the left bank of the Kherson region,” said the head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Eskender Bariyev. A similar practice has been observed in many regions of the Crimean peninsula. In particular, trees have noticeably thinned out in parks and public spaces in Simferopol and resort towns.

The report also said that there, green spaces are being cut down en masse under the pretext of planned sanitary pruning and demolition of hazardous trees."The tree pruning and demolition activities are carried out in accordance with the issued felling permit. At the same time, activists note that many healthy trees have been cut down in parks and green areas, where they did not pose any threat. According to our insider information, the Simferopol administration continues to assist with firewood to Russian troops in the "SVO" zone within the framework of the ONF project "Warm bunker", a local ecologist told on condition of anonymity. The use of Crimean trees for fortifications by the Russian army was noticed last year."Residents have repeatedly reported trucks loaded with logs heading towards the occupiers' positions. The Russians are in panic fear of a Ukrainian landing and are trying to strengthen their positions at any cost," the Yellow Ribbon civil movement stated. Even the Crimean unfinished buildings are being used to supply the Russian army during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.