On Thursday 27 March, the Ukrainian Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Svetlana Grinchuk, gave European environment ministers an overview of the environmental consequences of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
More than 8,000 cases of environmental damage have been recorded in Ukraine, said Ms Grinchuk. Russia, which uses phosphorus bombs, has “damaged and polluted” 25% of Ukrainian territory. “More than 20% of Ukraine’s protected sites have been impacted by...