Five Ukrainian regions hit by forest fires in early May, some now extinguished, others brought under control – minister

Forest fires swept through Zakarpattia, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions of Ukraine in early May this year due to weather conditions and enemy shelling, with the area affected by large-scale forest fires exceeding 3,000 hectares on one of the days, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.