Caused damages to the state worth over UAH 5 billion: illegal coal mining stopped at Donbas mine

Law enforcement agencies stopped illegal coal mining in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region – as a result of the activity, the state suffered losses of more than 5 billion hryvnias.

This is reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation, reports UNN.

DetailsAs DBR employees found out, coal mining took place on the territory adjacent to the Svyato-Pokrovska mine in the village of Kurytsyne. One of the private companies received a license for geological exploration and pilot development of the field in 2021, but the work never started.

Then this territory was seized and began illegal coal mining at a depth of about 80 meters. The head of the local territorial community helped them in this.

Currently, a pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and other details of the case are being clarified.

Let us remind youIn occupied Mariupol, the Russians want to increase the capacity of the port in order to export stolen metals, grain and coal. In total, they plan more than 12 million tons of resources.