Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Fonczyk said that “the country’s police have announced a reward of one million zlotys (about $220,000) to anyone who helps find those responsible for the poisoning of the Oder River.

Before that, it was reported that “the mass death of fish was recorded in the Oder River in Poland, and the Polish army was involved in the operation to clean up the river.”

For his part, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the relevant technical institutions did not act quickly enough, and confirmed the dismissal of the head of the Polish Water Company, Przemysław Datsu, and the head of the State Environmental Protection Service, Michal Miszczak.

In turn, the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, Anna Moscow, pointed out that “no mercury was found in the river, including according to German experts,” noting that “analyses carried out by Polish and German experts show the high salinity of this water.” .