The environment is a silent victim of the war in Ukraine without effective legal protection mechanisms
During 9 years of the russian federation’s war in Ukraine, the war brought not only direct threats to lives and health of Ukrainian citizens caused by explosions, destruction, shelling, detonation of mines and other types of hostile actions. As a result of military actions, there is destruction of industrial facilities – oil depots, plants, factories, warehouses, mines, infrastructure facilities – water pipelines, gas pipelines, water purification stations, water supply stations, the destruction of numerous buildings, which is accompanied by powerful fires, emissions of dangerous substances into the atmosphere, spills of fuel and lubricants, entry of untreated sewage into rivers, which leads to pollution of water, atmosphere, soil, and has become and will become the cause of numerous diseases and poisonings, as well as penetration of carcinogenic elements into human body.
