Ghanna Mamonova

Ukrainian Ecologists Document What They Say Is Russian Ecocide

The attack on the Kakhovka Dam by Russian occupying forces sent contaminated floodwaters measuring trillions of gallons into the Black Sea. It was the worst blow yet to the environment in a war that has ravaged Ukraine’s ecology and is considered one of the worst human-caused natural disasters of all time. Since October, a Ukrainian team of prosecutors, ecologists and scientists has been regularly testing the area as part of efforts to build a case against Russia and charge it with ecocide.