Abalimi baseLipetsk baqala ukukha imifino endaweni evulekile ngo-August. Ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, kwamukelwe amathani ayizinkulungwane eziyi-1.3 ezucchini, ukhukhamba, utamatisi kanye nesweli.
Indawo engaphansi kwemifino endaweni evulekile kulo nyaka inyuke ngo-10%. Emabhizinisini ezolimo kanye ne-K (F) X, izitshalo zemifino zitholakala kumahektha angama-656.
Amathani ayizinkulungwane eziyi-111.7 aqoqwe ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo ezinomjikelezo wokukhula unyaka wonke. Lokhu yizinkulungwane ezingu-5.6 ngaphezu kosuku olufanayo ngonyaka odlule. "Ukwanda okuyinhloko kwemifino eluhlaza kunikezwa ngokukhulisa ukuqoqwa kwamatamatisi," kuchaza u-Oleg Dolgikh, inhloko yoMnyango Wezolimo Wesifunda saseLipetsk. "Kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka, sekukhule amathani ayizinkulungwane ezingama-56.8, kanye namathani ayizinkulungwane ezi-4.1." Futhi, amathani ayizinkulungwane ezingama-54.2 wamakhukhamba, amathani angama-700 kalethisi atholwa ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo zasebusika.