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Experts, environmentalists, journalists, and activists who have come together to share information about the environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine.
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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · Dec 8
1/ 🙏 Support UWEC with your donation!
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Against the backdrop of other important news, the #environmental consequences of the Russian #war seem to be taking a back seat. Yes, our era has seen a multitude of crises, but #Ukraine must remain a priority topic in the media.
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1/ ‼️ January 20, 2026: The #Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has completely lost its external power supply as a result of large-scale military activity, according to the
@iaeaorg.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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1/ 🫣 @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social and other media outlets have reported that one reason for Leonid Pshenychnov’s arrest may be Russia’s desire to seize hydrocarbon deposits in the #Antarctic and #Arctic

🔗 Read more:
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January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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1/ ❄️ “Antarctica’s first political prisoner”: #Russia arrests researcher, accusing him of treason and collaborating with #Ukraine

Leonid #Pshenychnov is a Ukrainian scientist who has been researching #Antarctica for over 40 years.

🔗 Read more:
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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1/ 🤬 In December 2025 the #Russian government, seeking new sources of revenue to fuel its #war machine, opened the Shores of Lake #Baikal for development and proposed to place “projects of socio-economic importance” inside all protected areas of #Russia

🔗: transrivers.org/2025/4096/
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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1/ 🟡🔵 The 2025 IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) World Conservation Congress was a real breakthrough for environmental organizations from #Ukraine.

🔗 Read more on the UWEC website:
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Ukraine scores decisive victory at World Conservation Congress – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Oleksii Vasyliuk, Viktoriya Hubareva In October 2025, as the full-scale war raged on, for the first time Ukraine joined the world’s most important nature conservation body, the International Union for...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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1/ 🟡🔵 #Ukraine demands compensation from #Russia at #COP30 climate summit

This demand was announced on November 18 at the COP summit in Brazil by Ukrainian Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agricultural Policy Pavel Kartashov.

🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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1/ 🏴‍☠️ Exactly one year ago, on December 15, 2024, two #tankers belonging to Russia's #shadowfleet broke apart during a storm and sank in the #Kerch Strait. They were carrying about 9,000 tons of #mazut oil destined for export to India.

The consequences are here ↙️
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December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Against the backdrop of other important news, the #environmental consequences of the Russian #war seem to be taking a back seat. Yes, our era has seen a multitude of crises, but #Ukraine must remain a priority topic in the media.
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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1/ 🦓 #Russia is selling off rare animals living in Askania-Nova nature reserve in #Ukraine

The Ukrainian #AskaniaNova administration is recording the damage and crimes committed by the occupiers, building a case for their future punishment.

🔗 Read more:
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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1/ 🎥 Nature through the lens: Three films about the environmental impacts of the #war in #Ukraine were released in October, 2025

🔗 For more details about each film, please refer to the UWEC article: uwecworkgroup.info/nature-throu...
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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1/ 🟡🔵 Environmental and climate activism in #Ukraine during the #war

🔗 uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...

Try to imagine living under constant shelling while working without the "right" to burnout because #environmental and #climate change issues haven't gone away 😟
Environmental and Climate Activism in the time of invasion: Ukraine – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov In the third and final part of this series we look at the consequences of the Russian invasion for environmental activism in Ukraine. Ukrainian environmental and climate organizatio...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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1/ Environmental and climate activism in #Georgia during Russia's invasion of #Ukraine

🔗 Read the article to learn how #environmental activists from Ecovillage Georgia are seeking solutions amid the political crisis:
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Environmental and Climate Activism in the time of invasion: Georgia – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov In the first part of this series we reported on the persecution and pressure that environmental activists have faced in Belarus since 2020 and which have only increased since the fu...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan

🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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1/ ❤️‍🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine

🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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1/ 📗 The organization Environment People Law has published a book entitled “Kamianska Sich National Park: War Against Nature”.

🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
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October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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1/ 🤔 Between #war and #nature conservation: Who wins when aggressor countries withdraw from #environmental agreements?

🔗 UWEC analyzes the consequences:
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📷: #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assumes
Arctic Council Chairmanship in 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland
Between war and nature conservation: Who wins when aggressor countries withdraw from environmental agreements? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Eugene Simonov, Angelina Davydova In the first year of the war, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and civil society organizations persistently proposed to expel countries that had launched mil...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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1/ 🎉 Imports of Russian #LNG to #European markets will cease from 2027, thanks to the EU's 19th package of sanctions against #Russia.

🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
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October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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1/ 😎 Six of UWEC's stories are referencedin a new report by
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...

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October 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🟡🔵 On September 9, 2025, @europarl.europa.eu approved the @ec.europa.eu's report on progress of #Ukraine towards #EU membership, but demanded that reforms in the field of #environmental protection be continued.

🔗 More details can be found here:
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October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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1/ ✍️ On August 18, 2025, the #Ukrainian government presented its Priority Action Plan for 2025-26. How #environmental issues are reflected in it?

🔗 Read the regular Review of the environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine for August-September 2025:
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Environmental consequences of the war in Ukraine. August-September 2025 – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov Each month, the UWEC editorial team shares highlights of recent media coverage and analysis of the Ukraine war’s environmental consequences with our readers. As always, we welcome r...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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1/ 💚 UWEC is launching a series of articles on eco-activism in #Belarus, #Ukraine, and #Georgia during the #war in Ukraine.

🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
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Environmental and climate activism in Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia during Russia’s full-scale invasion. Part One – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov This article begins a series discussing how the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted environmental activism in Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine and explores how activists can fi...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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1/ 🦗 In recent months, there has been much media coverage of the mass invasion of #locusts in southern #Ukraine. Some even refer to these locusts as "Egyptian", drawing parallels with the Old Testament.

🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
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Invaders from the steppes: Locusts and the war in Ukraine – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Stanislav Viter In recent weeks, a number of media reports have focused on a massive locust invasion in southern Ukraine. Some media outlets and officials have even referred to these locusts as “Egypt...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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1/ 💔 #Russia expressed its political “resentment” at a resolution of the parties to the #Ramsar Convention condemning the Russian invasion of #Ukraine in a highly counterproductive manner.

🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
The Ramsar split—was it inevitable, and what should be done next? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Eugene Simonov, Angelina Davydova In denouncing the Ramsar Convention Russia expressed its disagreement with the allegedly “anti-Russian position” of the convention’s parties. Subsequently, Russian pr...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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1/ 🤡 On Sep.19, the Krasnodar Region Operational Headquarters and a government commission reported on the completion of work to collect settled #mazut from the bottom of the #BlackSea in the Anapa coastal zone.

UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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1/ 💨 The Office of the President of #Ukraine considers #wind farms to be a key area for the development of #renewable energy—the domestic potential for wind energy production is estimated at 100-150 GW

What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
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Prospect for renewable energy in wartime: How Ukraine plans to ensure energy independence using “green generation” – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Victoria Hubareva Russia’s war in Ukraine has destroyed US$16 billion of the country’s energy infrastructure. Restoring the country’s energy industry to its previous form is a longer, more difficult a...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM