In the Black Sea, dolphins are massively killed through the Russian Federation: Ukraine has begun an investigation (photo)

Since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the coasts, dead marine animals are found. The reason is the use of sonar on Russian ships. Prosecutors of the Odessa Regional Prosecutor's Office initiated criminal proceedings on ecocid - mass death of marine animals through Russia's military aggression. About it reports the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

As it is specified, since the beginning of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine on the beaches of the Odessa region find a large number of dead maritime mammals. The probable cause of their death is the use of waterlockers in submarine and surface Russian boats. "Sonars make powerful sounds that adversely affect the health of animals," the press service said. Currently, experts have conducted the killed marine pigs and dolphins of white -sided, found on the coasts.

Samples for research will be sent to Padua University in Italy, as well as to Hannover University in Germany for special study of the structures of the inner ear of animals. Ukraine also prepares requests for Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania to establish similar cases of mammalian death. The press service of the Odessa Prosecutor's Office, for its part, informed that representatives of the Institute of Zoology.