Why the breaking of the dam in Ukraine is also a major environmental disaster | Dam destroyed in Ukraine

“This is Europe’s biggest man-made environmental disaster in decades,” Ukrainian President Zelensky said yesterday after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Due to the massive flooding, nature reserves are at risk of being polluted by chemical substances that the water carries with it. Numerous fragile ecosystems and animal species are completely disrupted. Do we have insight into the extent of the damage?


Brecht Neven


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