Russia-imposed officials in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea region say a leak from a chemical factory in the northern part of the peninsula is the cause of an oily film that has coated nearby villages and decimated crops in the area.
Igor Mikhailichenko, the Russia-installed vice premier of Crimea, said on August 30 that “prolonged” high temperatures and dry conditions have exacerbated the problem of leaking substances from an acid storage facility at the Crimea Titan plant, which produces titanium dioxide and other chemicals for use in paints and plastic goods.
