Ukraine

Since 2014, conflict in Ukraine’s industrialised eastern Donbas region created a risk of environmental emergencies and will leave a lasting legacy of groundwater contamination from flooded coal mines. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of environmentally sensitive sites have been caught up in the conflict, these include industrial and military facilities; nuclear, hydro and fossil fuel energy generating sites; water and sanitation infrastructure and ecologically sensitive natural areas. Read our dedicated joint briefings on nuclear sites, water, industry, fossil fuel facilities, the coastal and marine environment, the climate crisis and nature.

Explore examples of environmental harm in Ukraine

CEOBS has been tracking and assessing incidents in Ukraine since February 2022. This interactive map features 25 incidents from our database that help illustrate some of the types of environmental damage that have been caused or exacerbated by the conflict.

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Wartime geomorphological damage and geodiversity loss in Ukraine

Huge swathes of Ukraine’s geological heritage have been affected by fighting or militarily occupied, in many places causing irreversible damage. CEOBS’ Rob Watson and Stella Shekhunova of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine examine the nature and extent of this loss of geodiversity.

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Explore cases of environmental harm in Ukraine

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.

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🌍 Webinar 3: Environmental damage observed during the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine with the Conflict and Environment Observatory (@CEOBS)

💥 War impacts the #environment in direct and indirect ways — from bombed #landscapes to disrupted #ecosystems.

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Since 2014, huge swathes of #Ukraine’s geological heritage have been affected by fighting or militarily occupied, in many places causing irreversible damage to its landscapes. Our new post examines the extent of this loss of #geodiversity. https://ceobs.org/wartime-geomorphological-damage-and-geodiversity-loss-in-ukraine #EarthDay 1/x

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