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Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, as well as the previous occupation of the Crimea and conflict in Eastern Ukraine, has had many environmental effects. This subsite collects resources relating to the environmental dimensions of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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Hidden Depths — Introduction: Water Conflict and Cooperation [Video]

Library
2025 | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Doug Weir, Iryna Babanina, and Peter Gleick


Follow “Environment and Security” and Engage!

Announcement
Apr 1, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association


Ukraine/Russia: Putin Offers Russian and Ukrainian Rare Minerals to US

Blog
Feb 25, 2025 | Hafsa Khalil and Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC


Ukraine/Russia: Putin Offers Russian and Ukrainian Rare Minerals to US

International
Feb 25, 2025 | Hafsa Khalil and Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC


Rare Earths in Ukraine? No, Only Scorched Earth.

Blog
Feb 19, 2025 | Javier Blas


Ukraine/Russia: Killer Russian Drone Strikes Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Cover, Ukraine Says

International
Feb 14, 2025 | Veronika Melkozerova, Politico


Ukraine/Russia: More Than 7,000 Russian Environmental Crimes Recorded in Ukraine Since Full-Scale Invasion

International
Jan 23, 2025 | UATV


Ukraine/Russia: New Study Shows How Ukraine War Impacts Global Food Supply Chain, Urges Alternative Routes for Grains

International
Jan 20, 2025 | Where The Food Comes From


Classic Geopolitics and Today’s Nexus of Conflict and Climate

Blog
Jan 13, 2025 | Gerard Toal


Seeking Translation Assistance for Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Announcement
Jan 6, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association


Assessing Pollution from Explosive Weapons in Southern Ukraine

Library
2025 | Norwegian People's Aid and Conflict and Environment Observatory
Iryna Babanina, Anna McKean, Anastasiia Splodytel, and Doug Weir


Ukraine/Russia: Wagner Earned over $2.5bn from Illegal Gold Mining to Fund War, Report Reveals

International
Nov 25, 2024 | Ecofin Agency


Ukraine/Russia: WGC Report: Russia Funds Ukraine War via Illegal Gold Mining in Africa

International
Nov 20, 2024 | News.az


Seeking Translation Assistance for Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Announcement
Nov 19, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association


Environmental Impact of the War in Ukraine: How the Conflict Is Destroying Nature

Blog
Nov 10, 2024 | Jana Koegst


Ukraine/Russia: Finland Finances Environmental Security in Ukraine from Development Cooperation Appropriations

International
Oct 31, 2024 | Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs


Ukraine: Ukraine’s Vast Forests Devastated in Hellscape of War

International
Oct 10, 2024 | Max Hunder, Reuters


How the Russian-Ukrainian War Is Starving African Economies

Blog
Oct 10, 2024 | Kenya Times


Ukraine/Russia: Planet’s Astounding Satellite Images Map Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

International
Sep 30, 2024 | Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes


Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine: June 2024 Review

Blog
Jul 25, 2024 | Alexei Ovchinnikov


Ending the Conflict in Ukraine through Land Purchase

Blog
Jul 24, 2024 | Glauco Ortolano


Ukraine/Russia: Russia's War Threatens Food Security: UK Statement to the OSCE

Blog
Jul 19, 2024 | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Justin Addison


Ukraine/Russia: Russia’s War with Ukraine Accelerating Global Climate Emergency, Report Shows

International
Jun 18, 2024 | Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies


Counting the Climate Costs of Warfare

Blog
Jun 14, 2024 | Evan George


After the Deluge: One Year on, Can the Ecosystems Disrupted by the Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam Recover?

Blog
Jun 3, 2024 | Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov


Ukraine/Russia: Ukrainian ‘Ecocide App’ Calculates Russia’s Bill for Environmental Damage

International
May 30, 2024 | Donagh Cagney, Euractiv


Narrative Warfare: Food Insecurity in the Russia-Ukraine War

Blog
May 23, 2024 | Mykhaylo Simanovskyy, Volodymyr Kulikov, Nicholas Pierce, and Evan Samsky


Liberia: New Illegal Logging Threatens Liberia’s Forests amid Vague Ban

International
May 2, 2024 | James Giahyue
Mongabay


Ukraine/Russia: How Ukraine Is Sapping Russia’s Diesel, Gasoline

International
May 2, 2024 | Gabriel Gavin, Politico


Ukraine: Flames of War: How Ukraine Lost over 1,000 Square Kilometers of Forest

International
Apr 12, 2024 | Oleksiy Vasyliuk, Hrihory Kolomitsev and Viktor Parkhomenko, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group