From forests ignited by shelling to wrecked factories spewing pollution to precarious nuclear plants, the long-term impacts could be profound.
What happens to the environment when a large, industrialized country is consumed by war? Ukraine is currently finding out the answer to this unprecedented question.
While concern about human lives remains paramount, the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s environment is also an important problem.
The fate of Ukraine after the conflict is over is likely to depend on the survival of its natural resources as well as on its human-made infrastructure – on its forests, rivers, and wildlife, as well as its roads, power plants, and cities.
Halyna Pastushuk reports from Lviv.
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