Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine: June 2024 Review

Jul 25, 2024 | Alexei Ovchinnikov
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The main event in this past June was the anniversary of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydropower plant (HPP) dam, an event which led to both the depletion of the reservoir and an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe in the Dnipro River delta. Over the past month, several conferences, events, and studies focused on the terrorist attack on Kakhovka HPP, analyzing its main environmental consequences. Other discussions also focused on important recent occurrences, including conservation of the forests now growing on the bed of the former reservoir, an area historically known as Velyky Luh (“Great Meadow”) and ecocide taking place in Ukraine.