This was reported by the website "Foros Park" on Facebook.

"Today in Foros Park, a monument of landscape art, it looks like this: at the end of December, a relict Red Book tree was destroyed once again - a berry yew tree. The thickness of the trunk is 50 cm, experts have estimated the age at 300-350 years", - was informed in the statement.

Source: Facebook / Foros Park

It is noted that "several more trees have been marked with ribbons in the park, which are probably planned to be destroyed in the near future".

According to the website "Foros Park", in the Crimea for some time a widespread relict plant of yew berries left no more than 3-4 thousand trees.

What is known

• The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol has opened proceedings on the destruction of the Foros Landscape Park in the occupied Crimea. The actions of the occupying power in Crimea by Ukrainian prosecutors were qualified as violations of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
• Construction work on the park began in autumn 2020. In early March, locals held a series of meetings with the Crimean occupation authorities demanding the abolition of construction. Residents of Foros also wrote an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking to save the park, but to no avail.

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