Five Days of Inaction: How a War Crime Turned into an Environmental Disaster in Odesa Bay
After the Russian strike on the Pivdennyi port, thousands of tonnes of sunflower oil reached Odesa beaches
A Russian attack on Ukraine’s civilian port infrastructure led to one of the largest environmental disasters in Odesa Bay in the Black Sea since the start of the full-scale war. After the shelling of a vegetable-oil terminal at the Pivdennyi port, thousands of tonnes of sunflower oil entered the marine environment and reached the Odesa coast several days later.
The consequences were recorded on city beaches: an oil film on the water, bird deaths, and a threat to unique coastal ecosystems.
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