SInc 2022, the trustee photographer Alessio Mamo The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine has been tracked. The Kremlin invasion was widely caused, which began three years ago on Monday, the flight of millions of Ukrainians. The cities were flattened, the villages occupied and destroyed lives. At least 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and many have been wounded in the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.
In addition to the severe human suffering, Russia’s attack had a catastrophic impact on the environment. According to Global Wildlife Fund (WWF), more than 3 meters of hectares of forests, including 1m hectare in protected areas. Russian forces dug trenches, trees fell and cultivated mine. The fires caused by the shells increased2 Emissions. The giant clouds of smoke can be seen rising next to the 600 -mile front line.
Some of this destruction is accidental. But there were also unusual acts of Russian sabotage on a large scale. In June 2023, the Russian army blew up a reservoir as a fearful to thwart the Ukrainian attack. The explosion released more than 14 cubic kilometers (14 tons) of water, immersed dozens of settlements in the direction of the river and killed at least 35 people. It is a “deliberate and calculated crime.”
The flood killed animals and washed away the fish farm that was trying to restore endangered fried thickness to the Dnibro River. The unique species were lost. In August 2024, there was another environmental disaster when the suspected Russian soldiers threw chemicals from the Russian border village of Tyotkino to the Sim River. Through pollution, the near international borders and made its way to the northeastern Sumi region in Ukraine. SEYM ecosystem was shattered.
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(Clockwise from the top of the left) Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant that was seen from Nikopol via the Kakhovka tank that has been greatly reduced; Beck Mitt was washed on the banks of Disna near the village of the Seliabin; The island of Jorsia, near the city of Zaporesvia, where the water level decreased dramatically after the Russians blew the dam in the direction of the river course; Millions of mollusks died due to pollution in Sim and Dina
Fish, mollusks and seafood are suffocated with lower oxygen levels to scratch. The settlements along the river reported the mass death. The rare sub -population of Stelett has been eliminated. At the task of the trustee, Mamo, who has been working as a photographer since 2008, photographed dead fish on the banks of the breathtaking Desna River, which is connected to SEYM. As one of the local officials said, Disna became the first dead river in Europe.
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Tymofii kharchenko, veterinarian and volunteer to evacuate animals, at Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv. It helps in directing high -risk rescue operations amid Russian missile debris
Mamo began his career in journalistic photography with a focus on contemporary social, political and economic issues. He covered the refugees and displacement, starting from his native home, and traveled to the Middle East and Balkan. Over the past three years, he has made regular trips to Ukraine, often visits the confrontation line in the east, documenting the lives of soldiers and civilians who live under continuous Russian fire. He recently photographed a military funeral under the gray and terrible sky.
“The war is an extreme example of the violence imposed by humans on the ground,” said Mamo, who is twice the winner of international press photo. “For decades, our environment was confirmed.” One of the first photography projects in Mamo was to record severe drought in Sicily due to climate change, which led to desertification. It is similar to negative human actions with “wounds, scars and amputations” that have been implemented on the body for life.
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A former prisoner transferred a soldier in a training exercise in the sunflower field in southern Ukraine. Sunflower fields were directly affected by artillery, bombings and military operations. The conflict has damaged crops, machinery and infrastructure, including irrigation systems. The fields were abandoned and many farmers were forced to flee or recruit the army
Ukrainians agree that the damage caused by Russia in the environment cannot be easily repaired. Dr. Bouhdan Fakhour, Executive Director of Wwf UkraineHe said: “We have lost some parts of nature forever. It is impossible to return. It is an objective fact, unfortunately.” So he said that it will take many decades and a “tremendous effort” to cancel the confrontation of Ukraine, one of the most dense countries in the world. “Until the fighting stops, we cannot start. It’s dangerous.
The war has destroyed many important habitats for wildlife. It has suffered many rare species, including the red list Polecat. Fexor said that a flood like a fearful washed reproductive areas, adding: “We cannot say whether these creatures are still present in Ukraine.” Meanwhile, Russian soldiers built military camps on coastal reserves and the decisive wet lands used by birds along the Black Sea. Fexor said that the dodging black worrbine had changed the path of spring deportation.
There is some good news. In July 2024, Mamo photographed a forest that originated in a tank as a fearful in the Soviet era after its wide supply was launched from the water. He took the local environment world, Vadim Manuk, Mamo to the site. He said that the new umbrella for willow and lounges covering an area of 140,000 hectares and seemed similar to the primitive forest for 100,000 years, at the end of the last ice age. There are many swamps and fresh tables.
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The first herb to grow in a forest outside motyzhyn, Kyiv, where a line of graduate missile launchers, tanks and other weapons were found
Festa green sparkling. In the absence of humans, animals, birds, and insects, they acquired residency. The cuckoo and swallowing flew over the tree line when he visited Mamo. Under the leaves, it’s great. The branches are so dense that Russian forces cannot enter. “What happened here is a miracle,” Manuk said. Some seedlings are already 4 meters long. There is no other place like this on this planet. Not even the Amazon is approaching. In 50 years, this will be a magic forest. “