This designation underscores the importance of UWEC’s work in identifying and analyzing the environmental consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here, we explain what you need to know and recommend ...

Eugene Simonov UWEC Work Group has long aspired to explore the transformation of Russian environmental civil movements under war-time pressures. The June 2026 special issue of Baltic Worlds (Vol. XIX:...

Margo Moore and Eugene Simonov The 2026 arbitral ruling in the decade-long maritime dispute between Ukraine and Russia delivered a landmark, albeit mixed, outcome. While the Tribunal dismissed Ukraine...

By Oleh Savytskyi The “oil rain” that fell over Moscow after the partially self-inflicted blasts at the Gazprom Neft refinery is a disturbing image of what fossil fuel infrastructure means in wartime....

Stanislav Viter In an environmental context, war isn’t just about pollution caused by explosives or the destruction of infrastructure. The uncontrolled movement of people and goods facilitates the spr...

Oleksiy Vasyliuk On the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant and its reservoir, Ukrainian and international institutions appealed to Ukraine’s Ministry...

Oleksiy Vasyliuk The issue of Ukraine’s postwar recovery has shadowed military events since the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion. And the more destruction is inflicted, the greater in scal...

Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov Throughout the years of full-scale war, the tactics chosen by the Russian army have focused on capturing or destroying the most powerful power generation facilities...

Polina Tsybulska In today’s world, where armed conflicts are becoming increasingly frequent, the environmental consequences of war extend beyond national borders, threatening not only local ecosystems...

Maria Shevchuk How is Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine related to the spread of invasive species in the Black Sea, and who are the new arrivals? Do these “underwater migrants” pose a threat to ...

Eugene Simonov and Oleksiy Vasyliuk In the wake of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, the World Bank, alongside the Government of Ukraine, the European Commission, and the United Nations, shift...

Alex Ovchinnikov 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. Russia’s full-scale invasion has once again reminded us that radioactive contamination remains with us. And although the les...

Yelizaveta Temchenko Russia’s war on Ukraine has resulted in large tracts of land being seriously polluted with explosive objects and damaged by military action. These dangerous areas require clearing...

Martin Vrba, Marta Abbá The end of Russian gas imports to Europe in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and their replacement with LNG was supposed to be a temporary emergency measure. Howe...

Polina Tsybulska As war and climate change inflict damage on Ukraine’s environment, from polluting rivers and soils to destroying ecosystems, how could these threats be transformed into tools for resi...

Oleh Listopad As Russia’s failed advance on Kyiv in 2022 showed, swamps can be a critical part of a country’s security infrastructure. But while EU and NATO countries are already integrating wetland r...

Oleh Listopad As Russia’s failed advance on Kyiv in 2022 showed, swamps can be a critical part of a country’s security infrastructure. But while EU and NATO countries are already integrating wetland r...

Alexej Ovchinnikov Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has entered its fifth year—the war that began in 2014 has now continued for over ten years in one form or another. It is becoming clear that ...

Oleksii Vasyliuk, Eugene Simonov In December 2025, Russia once again began to attack sunflower oil storage facilities, with Odesa the prime target. Some of this oil has ended up leaking into coastal w...

Polina Tsybulska As war and climate change inflict damage on Ukraine’s environment, from polluting rivers and soils to destroying ecosystems, how could these threats be transformed into tools for resi...

With some of Ukraine’s most valuable biodiversity sites and science facilities under occupation, experts at Sofiyivka Park in Uman are struggling to preserve the country’s natural history