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Experts, environmentalists, journalists, and activists who have come together to share information about the environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine.
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1/ ❤️🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
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🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
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1/ Environmental and climate activism in #Georgia during Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Read the article to learn how #environmental activists from Ecovillage Georgia are seeking solutions amid the political crisis:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read the article to learn how #environmental activists from Ecovillage Georgia are seeking solutions amid the political crisis:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Environmental and Climate Activism in the time of invasion: Georgia – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov In the first part of this series we reported on the persecution and pressure that environmental activists have faced in Belarus since 2020 and which have only increased since the fu...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
1/ Environmental and climate activism in #Georgia during Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Read the article to learn how #environmental activists from Ecovillage Georgia are seeking solutions amid the political crisis:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read the article to learn how #environmental activists from Ecovillage Georgia are seeking solutions amid the political crisis:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
1/‼️ On November 4, 2025, the international coalition Rogun Alert (including @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, @re-course.org & more NGOs) published a report on the unfair resettlement of people due to the construction of the #Rogun hydropower plant in #Tajikistan
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
🔗 Read more: rogun.exposed/pdf/2025_Res...
1/ ❤️🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
1/ ❤️🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation:
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
1/ 📗 The organization Environment People Law has published a book entitled “Kamianska Sich National Park: War Against Nature”.
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
1/ 📗 The organization Environment People Law has published a book entitled “Kamianska Sich National Park: War Against Nature”.
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read more about it in our regular review series on the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 🤔 Between #war and #nature conservation: Who wins when aggressor countries withdraw from #environmental agreements?
🔗 UWEC analyzes the consequences:
uwecworkgroup.info/between-war-...
📷: #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assumes
Arctic Council Chairmanship in 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland
🔗 UWEC analyzes the consequences:
uwecworkgroup.info/between-war-...
📷: #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assumes
Arctic Council Chairmanship in 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland
Between war and nature conservation: Who wins when aggressor countries withdraw from environmental agreements? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Eugene Simonov, Angelina Davydova In the first year of the war, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and civil society organizations persistently proposed to expel countries that had launched mil...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1/ 🤔 Between #war and #nature conservation: Who wins when aggressor countries withdraw from #environmental agreements?
🔗 UWEC analyzes the consequences:
uwecworkgroup.info/between-war-...
📷: #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assumes
Arctic Council Chairmanship in 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland
🔗 UWEC analyzes the consequences:
uwecworkgroup.info/between-war-...
📷: #Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assumes
Arctic Council Chairmanship in 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland
1/ 🎉 Imports of Russian #LNG to #European markets will cease from 2027, thanks to the EU's 19th package of sanctions against #Russia.
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
1/ 🎉 Imports of Russian #LNG to #European markets will cease from 2027, thanks to the EU's 19th package of sanctions against #Russia.
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found in the review of the #environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 😎 Six of UWEC's stories are referencedin a new report by
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
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@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
October 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
1/ 😎 Six of UWEC's stories are referencedin a new report by
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
@greenpeace.org on #environmental prospects of #Russia after 2022. There are a dozen other articles with comments and interviews with UWEC experts:
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
❗️ PLEASE DONATE!
uwecworkgroup.info/donate/
🟡🔵 On September 9, 2025, @europarl.europa.eu approved the @ec.europa.eu's report on progress of #Ukraine towards #EU membership, but demanded that reforms in the field of #environmental protection be continued.
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🟡🔵 On September 9, 2025, @europarl.europa.eu approved the @ec.europa.eu's report on progress of #Ukraine towards #EU membership, but demanded that reforms in the field of #environmental protection be continued.
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 More details can be found here:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ ✍️ On August 18, 2025, the #Ukrainian government presented its Priority Action Plan for 2025-26. How #environmental issues are reflected in it?
🔗 Read the regular Review of the environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine for August-September 2025:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read the regular Review of the environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine for August-September 2025:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Environmental consequences of the war in Ukraine. August-September 2025 – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov Each month, the UWEC editorial team shares highlights of recent media coverage and analysis of the Ukraine war’s environmental consequences with our readers. As always, we welcome r...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
1/ ✍️ On August 18, 2025, the #Ukrainian government presented its Priority Action Plan for 2025-26. How #environmental issues are reflected in it?
🔗 Read the regular Review of the environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine for August-September 2025:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 Read the regular Review of the environmental consequences of the #war in #Ukraine for August-September 2025:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 💚 UWEC is launching a series of articles on eco-activism in #Belarus, #Ukraine, and #Georgia during the #war in Ukraine.
🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Environmental and climate activism in Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia during Russia’s full-scale invasion. Part One – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexej Ovchinnikov This article begins a series discussing how the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted environmental activism in Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine and explores how activists can fi...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
1/ 💚 UWEC is launching a series of articles on eco-activism in #Belarus, #Ukraine, and #Georgia during the #war in Ukraine.
🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
1/ 🦗 In recent months, there has been much media coverage of the mass invasion of #locusts in southern #Ukraine. Some even refer to these locusts as "Egyptian", drawing parallels with the Old Testament.
🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
uwecworkgroup.info/invaders-fro...
🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
uwecworkgroup.info/invaders-fro...
Invaders from the steppes: Locusts and the war in Ukraine – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Stanislav Viter In recent weeks, a number of media reports have focused on a massive locust invasion in southern Ukraine. Some media outlets and officials have even referred to these locusts as “Egypt...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
1/ 🦗 In recent months, there has been much media coverage of the mass invasion of #locusts in southern #Ukraine. Some even refer to these locusts as "Egyptian", drawing parallels with the Old Testament.
🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
uwecworkgroup.info/invaders-fro...
🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
uwecworkgroup.info/invaders-fro...
1/ 💔 #Russia expressed its political “resentment” at a resolution of the parties to the #Ramsar Convention condemning the Russian invasion of #Ukraine in a highly counterproductive manner.
🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
The Ramsar split—was it inevitable, and what should be done next? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Eugene Simonov, Angelina Davydova In denouncing the Ramsar Convention Russia expressed its disagreement with the allegedly “anti-Russian position” of the convention’s parties. Subsequently, Russian pr...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
1/ 💔 #Russia expressed its political “resentment” at a resolution of the parties to the #Ramsar Convention condemning the Russian invasion of #Ukraine in a highly counterproductive manner.
🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...
1/ 🤡 On Sep.19, the Krasnodar Region Operational Headquarters and a government commission reported on the completion of work to collect settled #mazut from the bottom of the #BlackSea in the Anapa coastal zone.
UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️
UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
1/ 💨 The Office of the President of #Ukraine considers #wind farms to be a key area for the development of #renewable energy—the domestic potential for wind energy production is estimated at 100-150 GW
What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
uwecworkgroup.info/prospect-for...
What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
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Prospect for renewable energy in wartime: How Ukraine plans to ensure energy independence using “green generation” – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Victoria Hubareva Russia’s war in Ukraine has destroyed US$16 billion of the country’s energy infrastructure. Restoring the country’s energy industry to its previous form is a longer, more difficult a...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/ 💨 The Office of the President of #Ukraine considers #wind farms to be a key area for the development of #renewable energy—the domestic potential for wind energy production is estimated at 100-150 GW
What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
uwecworkgroup.info/prospect-for...
What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
uwecworkgroup.info/prospect-for...
1/ 🦺 #JustTransition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime #Ukraine?
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
1/ 🦺 #JustTransition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime #Ukraine?
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...
💧 #Donbas faced a critical #water shortage this summer. In #Donetsk itself, water — often cloudy and with dirty sediment — is supplied once every 3 days for 4 hours, and even less frequently in some settlements.
🔗 What are the causes of the water #crisis?
novayagazeta.ru/articles/202...
🔗 What are the causes of the water #crisis?
novayagazeta.ru/articles/202...
«Инфраструктура канала была многократно взорвана». Эколог Евгений Симонов* — о нехватке воды в Донбассе и ее загрязненности — Новая газета
18+. НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ СИМОНОВЫМ ЕВГЕНИЕМ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧЕМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА СИМОНОВА ЕВГЕНИЯ АЛЕ...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💧 #Donbas faced a critical #water shortage this summer. In #Donetsk itself, water — often cloudy and with dirty sediment — is supplied once every 3 days for 4 hours, and even less frequently in some settlements.
🔗 What are the causes of the water #crisis?
novayagazeta.ru/articles/202...
🔗 What are the causes of the water #crisis?
novayagazeta.ru/articles/202...
1/ 〽️ Starting September 3, 2025, the new price cap for a barrel of Russian #oil is $47.60 instead of $60
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
1/ 〽️ Starting September 3, 2025, the new price cap for a barrel of Russian #oil is $47.60 instead of $60
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...
[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]
1/ ↩️ Rolling back the #environmental agenda. What does the liquidation of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources mean for #Ukraine?
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
1/ ↩️ Rolling back the #environmental agenda. What does the liquidation of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources mean for #Ukraine?
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
We explore this in our latest article:
uwecworkgroup.info/merging-mini...
1/ ❗️ The echo of Russian aggression in #Ukraine could be heard throughout the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the #Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (July 23-31, 2025)
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
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September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1/ ❗️ The echo of Russian aggression in #Ukraine could be heard throughout the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the #Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (July 23-31, 2025)
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
📷: wetlands of international importance in Ukraine
uwecworkgroup.info/ramsar-wetla...
1/ 🟡🔵❤️🩹 Building back better? Fifty shades of green at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025
As #Ukraine battles Russian aggression, the #URC2025 highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts in reconstruction, green transition, and #EU integration:
uwecworkgroup.info/building-bac...
As #Ukraine battles Russian aggression, the #URC2025 highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts in reconstruction, green transition, and #EU integration:
uwecworkgroup.info/building-bac...
Building back better? Fifty shades of green at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Alexander Vorbrugg, Ievgeniia Kopytsia As Ukraine battles Russian aggression, the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) 2025 highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts in reconstruction, green transition, ...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
1/ 🟡🔵❤️🩹 Building back better? Fifty shades of green at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025
As #Ukraine battles Russian aggression, the #URC2025 highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts in reconstruction, green transition, and #EU integration:
uwecworkgroup.info/building-bac...
As #Ukraine battles Russian aggression, the #URC2025 highlighted the country’s ongoing efforts in reconstruction, green transition, and #EU integration:
uwecworkgroup.info/building-bac...
🐾 Fighting for life: How Russia’s #war threatens to wipe out rare species
For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in #Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. How serious is the threat to Ukraine’s rare species?
uwecworkgroup.info/fighting-for...
For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in #Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. How serious is the threat to Ukraine’s rare species?
uwecworkgroup.info/fighting-for...
Fighting for life: How Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens to wipe out rare species – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Oleksiy Vasyliuk For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. After three years of all-out war, UWEC asks: just how...
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August 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🐾 Fighting for life: How Russia’s #war threatens to wipe out rare species
For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in #Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. How serious is the threat to Ukraine’s rare species?
uwecworkgroup.info/fighting-for...
For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in #Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. How serious is the threat to Ukraine’s rare species?
uwecworkgroup.info/fighting-for...
1/ 🤬 Occupation as "conservation": #Russia has "created" nature reserve in the #Donbas
The creation of a "new" reserve on Ukrainian territory, "Donetsk Steppe" has nothing to do with concern for the environment: it's about marking the territory politically: uwecworkgroup.info/occupation-d...
The creation of a "new" reserve on Ukrainian territory, "Donetsk Steppe" has nothing to do with concern for the environment: it's about marking the territory politically: uwecworkgroup.info/occupation-d...
Occupation disguised as conservation: Russia’s ‘new’ nature reserve in the Donbas – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Oleksiy Vasyliuk Russia is now seeking to use Ukrainian nature reserves as a lever in a cynical new campaign aimed at establishing political legitimacy over the territories it occupies in eastern Ukra...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
1/ 🤬 Occupation as "conservation": #Russia has "created" nature reserve in the #Donbas
The creation of a "new" reserve on Ukrainian territory, "Donetsk Steppe" has nothing to do with concern for the environment: it's about marking the territory politically: uwecworkgroup.info/occupation-d...
The creation of a "new" reserve on Ukrainian territory, "Donetsk Steppe" has nothing to do with concern for the environment: it's about marking the territory politically: uwecworkgroup.info/occupation-d...
💨 Russian missile attacks contribute to CO2 emissions and accelerate #climatechange
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
💨 Russian missile attacks contribute to CO2 emissions and accelerate #climatechange
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
More than 8k impacts on the environment have been recorded during the full-scale #Russian invasion, with the cost of the damages running at an estimated $94B
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
✍️ #Ukraine plans to sign high seas treaty that #Russia refuses to join
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
August 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
✍️ #Ukraine plans to sign high seas treaty that #Russia refuses to join
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
Russia's unwillingness to sign the #HighSeasTreaty may well be related to its interest in resource extraction in the #Arctic.
🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...
🛰️ Images taken in July show ongoing pollution of the #Kerch Strait with #mazut. It's likely to have come from tankers that sank in December 2024, according to kedr.media
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🛰️ Images taken in July show ongoing pollution of the #Kerch Strait with #mazut. It's likely to have come from tankers that sank in December 2024, according to kedr.media
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...
UWEC has already reported on the scale of the #disaster and its consequences: uwecworkgroup.info/military-oil...