MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Environmental missions will be sent to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR) to minimize the damage to the local natural surroundings that have suffered from military activities, according to an order that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued following a meeting with participants in an environmental youth forum.

The document, published on the Kremlin’s website on Monday, points out that the Russian government, together with the DPR and LPR authorities and the autonomous non-profit organization the Garden of Memory, are going "to develop a program to send environmental humanitarian missions to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and train personnel for government bodies in the two regions, which will have powers in the field of environmental protection and natural resources, as well as to ensure the implementation of the program in order to minimize the damage that natural sites have suffered from military activities."

Putin expects to receive a report on the matter by February 1, 2023, and continue to get annual reports. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and the regional heads have been appointed responsible for the activity.