Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine: A First Glimpse of the Toxic Toll of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Publisher: PAX
Date: 2022
Topics: Assessment, Land, Programming, Renewable Resources, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Russian Federation, Ukraine
An early barrage of Russian airstrikes, artillery fire and cruise missiles shook up Ukraine on the night of February 24, targeting Ukrainian military positions, navy, air force and army bases. In the northeast of the country, huge smoke plumes from burning fuel storage tankers at a nearby military airbase clouded the morning sun around Chuhuiv, as civilians rushed to their basements hiding for the shelling.