This is the view of Ruslan Havryliuk, head of the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine. The environmental expert is studying the impact of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam on the environment, as well as the short- and long-term consequences of this horrific crime by the Russian military.

Here is what the scientist told Olena Chernyshova, a journalist with the Odesa environmental organization Green Leaf.
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