'The largest proportion (30% to 40%) of environmental impact to date has come from the bombing of industrial plants, oil depots, coal-fired power plants, and gas pipelines.'
that Russian troops, while digging trenches and bunkers and riding armored vehicles through the highly irradiated Red Forest near Chernobyl, picked up radioactive material, the bulk of which was in the soil, on their shoes and clothing. This radioactive dust has reportedlyWhile Chernobyl is back under Ukrainian control, Zaporizhya, the largest nuclear power plant on the continent, still remains under Russian occupation.
But perhaps even more long-lasting may be the impalpable effects stemming from the war. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resourceson April 1 that almost one-third of Ukraine's protected areas are currently occupied by Russian soldiers. The government is particularly concerned for Ukraine's Ramsar sites, wetland areas of international importance, along the country's coasts and rivers..
Ecosystem services, the benefits that human society relies on from healthy ecosystems, have also been greatly disrupted. Ukraine possessesof the world's most fertile black soils, and agriculture makes up 45% of the soil-rich nation's exports. The Black Sea area alone exports more than 12% of the food calories traded in the world, making Ukraine the"breadbasket of the world."
But on March 9, Ukraine banned the export of agricultural products due to the war, hitting many countries in the Middle East and North Africa with
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