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Russia’s attacks on oil terminals in Odesa, Chornomorsk, Mykolaiv and Dnipro caused massive sunflower oil spills into estuaries and the Dnipro River. Ukraine exports 5–6 million tons annually, so targeting storage facilities weakens both economy and environment. Russian attacks on vegetable oil facilities open a new front in its war on Ukraine Unlike crude oil,…

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After hostilities end, Ukraine will prioritize demining, not fiber-optic drone waste cleanup. So far, ordnance units report no confirmed interference from fiber-optic cables, leaving the demining impact unresolved. Scientific research on fiber-optic pollution is still at an early stage. Experts agree that long-term monitoring is essential to assess real environmental consequences. The main concern is…

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FPV drones leave long fiber-optic threads across frontline fields, forming visible webs on soil and vegetation. Research on their environmental impact is just beginning, and long-term effects on soil, plants, and wildlife remain unclear. Fiber-optic cables are made mainly from PMMA plastic, which degrades into micro- and nanoplastics over time. Studies suggest these particles can…

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Fiber-optic drones have recently appeared on the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine. These UAVs deploy thin optical cables that remain in forests, fields, and soil, forming large debris networks with unknown ecological impacts. The war is often described as a “drone war,” with both sides using UAVs to strike targets remotely and reduce human…

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Ukraine can turn nature into a core pillar of national security through coordinated state and public action. Environmental risks must be integrated into national security strategies and treated on par with military threats. Creating joint teams within the National Security and Defense Council would enable rapid response to toxic spills, radiation, and ecological disasters. Citizens…

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Israel demonstrates how environmental security can be integrated into national defense and diplomacy. Climate risks are treated as threat multipliers affecting water, food, migration, and regional stability. Israel’s National Adaptation Plan embeds climate risks into defense assessments and allocates major funding to monitoring and sustainable infrastructure. Advanced environmental monitoring uses satellites, sensors, and mobile technologies…

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While the country’s eastern regions now under Russian occupation are primarily industrial areas, the southern expanse of Crimea and Kherson has historically been central to agriculture, botany and biodiversity. Although Ukraine covers less than 6% of Europe’s landmass, it is home to about 35% of the continent’s biodiversity. Many of the country’s rare and endemic…

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Environmental security links clean air, safe water, fertile soil, and public health to national survival. Ukrainian law defines it as preventing environmental deterioration and hazards to human health through state, business, and citizen action. Russia’s full-scale invasion dramatically expanded environmental threats: explosions, fires, mined fields, dam sabotage, and diverse pollution types now endanger ecosystems, food…

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The year 2024 became the hottest in 176 years of observations: the average near-surface air temperature on Earth for the first time exceeded the pre-industrial level (the average temperature in 1850–1900) by more than 1.5°C and reached 15.1°C. The year 2025 was slightly cooler (by 0.13°C), but it continues the negative trend of increasing greenhouse…

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A combat zone is not only ruins, but also fields riddled with explosion craters. What could be done after the war? Agricultural lands in Ukraine during the war In 2022, UWEC—an organization uniting environmental scientists and activists from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, and the United States—analyzed a satellite image of an arable field near the…

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