From flooded villages to fire-ravaged farmland, satellite photos obtained by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, reveal the scope of the environmental damage from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – estimated at nearly $50 billion and counting.
On Monday, March 6, at 14.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference entitled "Consequences of damage to environment as result of Russia's military aggression during activity of Operational HQ under Ukraine's State Environmental Inspectorate." Participants include Acting Chairman of the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine Ihor Zubovych; Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management; Chief Coordinator of the Operational Headquarters under the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine Olena Kryvoruchkina; Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, member of the Operational Headquarters under the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine Viktoria Lytvynova (8/5a Reitarska Street). The event will be streamed on the YouTube channel of Interfax-Ukraine. Admission of journalists requires registration on the spot. Details at: (067) 948 3919.
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways that Black and Indigenous people can have a greater say in climate solutions and delve into an attempt by the Ukraine government to hold Russia accountable for ecological crimes.
Missiles and mortars kill and maim people, but Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine is also poisoning the air, ground and sea, says Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection, who is building a case that Russia should pay for its ecological "crimes."
Next month (February 24) will mark one year since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine. This large-scale land invasion has had repercussions across the geopolitical, humanitarian, financial, and