The Mykolaiv farmer was illegally cultivating crops on 150 hectares of drained water bodies.

Over 150 hectares of water fund lands were returned to the ownership of Mykolaiv region by a decision of the Supreme Court. This concerns ponds and hydraulic structures that the tenant had used for purposes other than those intended. This is reported by Suspilne.Mykolaiv with reference to a statement from the Office of the Prosecutor General. It is noted that in the Novoodeska community, a farming enterprise leased over 150 hectares of land for ponds and hydraulic structures for fish farming. As established by the prosecutors, the water bodies were in fact drained, and the land plots were sown with agricultural crops over several years — in particular, sunflower and wheat. "Due to the misuse of land, which contradicts the terms of the lease agreement, as well as the requirements of land and water legislation and has negative environmental consequences, the prosecutor's office turned to the court with a lawsuit. It demanded the termination of the lease agreement and the return of ...