Ukraine: Ukraine’s Nuclear Nightmare Is Only Part of the War’s Environmental Horrors

Mar 4, 2022 | Karl Mathiesen, Louise Guillot, and Antonia Zimmermann, Politico
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Russia's attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant spread nuclear anxiety across the Continent. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a warning early Friday “to all Ukrainians, to all Europeans, to all people who know the word Chernobyl.” It's just one of the environmental disasters that may be unleashed by Moscow's decision to wage war in a heavily industrialized country.