KYIV, March 18 – An audit by the Accounting Chamber found that war, fires and illegal cutting of trees caused the state damage of almost UAH 23 billion, the department’s press service reported.

“Despite the presence of positive trends associated with the industry reform that began in 2022, there are still a number of problematic issues in the forestry and hunting sector of Ukraine, such as poor work on compensation for damage caused or insufficient control over asset accounting,” note the results of the audit of the efficiency of using budget funds aimed at forestry and hunting, conservation and protection of forests in the Forest Fund of Ukraine for 2020-2022 and the first half of 2023.