Category: Новини

Mass dolphin deaths in the Black Sea reached an unprecedented scale in spring 2026. In just a few days, dozens of dead cetaceans were found along the coast of Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park. Scientists link the tragedy to the combined impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine — acoustic pollution,

On April 26, 2026, an oil spill in Chornomorsk occurred as a result of a Russian strike on port infrastructure: tanks containing sunflower oil were damaged at the Chornomorsk Commercial Sea Port. According to data from the StateEnvironmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District, a tank with a capacity of about

At the “Environmental Security of the State” conference, held on April 16, 2026 at the Kyiv Aviation Institute, Vladyslav Balinskyi, head of the Green Leaf NGO and the Odesa branch of the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, presented research results showing that satellite monitoring of the Black Sea is becoming

Pollution of the Dniester after the strike on the hydropower plant became not only an environmental but also a diplomatic crisis: Moldova declared an alert, and its diplomats handed a Russian representative a sample of contaminated water. Why can even 1.5 tonnes of transformer oil have consequences lasting for decades

The environmental consequences of the war in the Black Sea have already moved far beyond isolated local incidents. Tanker accidents, spills of heavy fuel oil and vegetable oil, destruction of port infrastructure and other technological disasters are placing unprecedented pressure on marine ecosystems. For Ukraine, this means not only struggling