Pollution in Ukraine

Ukraine is distinct for being home to some of the richest natural environments and resources in Europe while at the same time being one of the most heavily polluted countries in the region.

Air pollution is especially severe in many of the heavily industrialized cities and towns of southeastern Ukraine, notably in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia. Kharkiv Luhansk Donetsk Dnipropetrovsk Zaporizhia

Over one-third of the emissions into the atmosphere originate, from automobile transport. That source, which attains overwhelming proportions in cities with little industry, such as Uzhhorod, Yalta, Poltava and Khmelnytskyi

Almost all surface waters of Ukraine belong to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov basins. The Dnister and the Danube are included among the most polluted bodies of water in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Hundreds of small rivers supply water for three-quarters of the villages and half of Ukraine's cities.

About half of the chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides applied in the fields are washed off into rivers.

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