“The Deputy Interdistrict Prosecutor Denis Korotaev went to the scene with specialists from the territorial department of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Tyumen Region.

An inspection of the territory was carried out, soil samples were taken, as well as water in the Irtysh River, ”the message says.

During the inspection, the amount of possible damage to the environment will be assessed and the necessary measures of the prosecutor's response will be taken.

Earlier, in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, it was reported about the verification of reports of a breakthrough of a production pipeline at the Krainy field, which resulted in an oil-containing liquid spill.