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Category Archives: Ukraine

May222025

A composite of four images showing fibre optic cable waste on the battlefield. 1. Close up of the cable wrapped round someone's hand, it is about the same thickness and translucency as nylon fishing line. 2. A close up of the wheels of a grey 4x4 vehicle in long grass, a large quantity of cable is wrapped around its wheels and axles. 3. A new arable crop of young wheat plants taken when the sun is low, you can see the cable picked out by the light lying across the top of the crop. 4. The tops of small leafless trees against a grey sky, large quantities of cable are hanging from the branches - a note observes that this appears to be of greater thickness.

Plastic pollution from fibre optic drones may threaten wildlife for years

Blog, Country, Military and the environment, Slider, Topic, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMay 22, 2025

Russia’s war in Ukraine has encouraged a rapid increase in the deployment of drones that use fibre optic cables to protect them from being jammed or downed by electronic warfare: the drones trail kilometres of plastic cable across frontlines – what are the environmental risks of this tech?

Jun122024

Explore cases of environmental harm in Ukraine

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJune 12, 2024

CEOBS has been remotely tracking and assessing environmentally-relevant incidents in Ukraine since February 2022. We share our data with relevant stakeholders, it informs our research and advocacy activities, and it is our hope that the dataset will also contribute to Ukraine’s green recovery. We’ve now used it to create an interactive map.

Jul282022

Sustainable recovery? First sustain interest in Ukraine’s environment

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsJuly 28, 2022

An unprecedented volume of environmental data is being gathered on the invasion of Ukraine. Doug Weir explores what kind of data is being gathered, and by whom, as well as the environmental narratives that are developing and the implications of this level of documentation.

Mar72022

An estimated eight Russian cruise missiles hit Vinnytsia airport in Ukraine on 6th March, destroying the site and triggering huge fires from its fuel storage depot.

Legal accountability for environmental destruction in Ukraine

Blog, Country, Law and policy, Slider, Topic, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMarch 7, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a stark reminder of the human and environmental costs of armed conflict. In this post, Rachel Killean examines the legal avenues that could be open for Ukraine in seeking accountability and redress for environmental damage.

Mar52022

Environmental trends in the Ukraine conflict, 10 days in

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMarch 5, 2022

This update provides an overview of some of the environmental trends caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It builds on our initial rapid assessment, which was published on Feb 25th.

Feb252022

Ukraine invasion: rapid overview of environmental issues

Blog, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsFebruary 25, 2022

Rapid overview of emerging environmental issues and perspectives arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

May212020

Exploring environmental governance in eastern Ukraine

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy ConEnvObsMay 21, 2020

How does environmental governance function in areas that are governed by non-state actors during conflicts? Olga Shashkina has explored this question in eastern Ukraine, where two new republics declared themselves when the Ukrainian government lost control of the region.

Apr272020

Are abandoned mines flooding in Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Blog, Country, Slider, UkraineBy Eoghan DarbyshireApril 27, 2020

This blog investigates a potential case of mine water flooding in eastern Ukraine, at a coal mine close to the location of an experimental nuclear detonation in the 1970s. Many mines have been closed during the conflict and with water pumping stopped there are widespread risks from pollution, methane leaks and subsidence.

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