Environmental Consequences of War as a Transformation of Matter, Energy, and Risk Flows: A Spatial-Dynamic Analysis of the Kerch Strait Case (June 2026)
Vladyslav Balinskyy — Chemist, Biologist, Editor-in-Chief of the Online Media “Green Leaf” Academic Supplement to the Series of Materials on the Environmental Consequences of Fires
Mass Dolphin Deaths in the Black Sea: Scientists Link the Tragedy to Russia’s War
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
900 km² in the Black Sea: chronology and consequences of the oil spill after the russian attack on April 26, 2026
Updated on May 4, 2026Vladyslav Balinskyi, Researcher at the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park, Head of the Odesa branch of the National Ecological Center of
Spatial‑dynamic model of an oil fire: from emission to global footprint
Analytical supplement to the article “Fires at Russian refineries: a chemical war with a delayed detonator” Introduction A spatial-dynamic model of an oil fire shows
New Vegetable-Oil Spill in Chornomorsk: Environmental Disaster Repeats Itself
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
The Third Spill in Two Years: What the New Oil Catastrophe in Odesa Bay Means
Vladyslav Balinskyi, biologist and journalist, Zeleny Lyst (Green Leaf) 27 April 2026 On 8 June 2024, I was standing on Sobachyi beach listening to frogs.
Fires at Russian Refineries: Chemical Warfare with a Delayed Detonator
The string of fires and explosions at Russia’s oil-refining facilities in 2024–2026 has become a phenomenon that goes beyond mere military statistics. This is chemical
40 YEARS OF CHORNOBYL: FROM SOVIET HUBRIS TO RUSSIAN NUCLEAR TERRORISM
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the catastrophe, Zeleny List journalist Hlib Yehorov travelled to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on 22–23 April. There he recorded
A New Level of Satellite Monitoring Strengthens Evidence of Environmental Crimes
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