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Moldova asks EU for help with Dniester River contamination from Russian attack

Moldova has asked the European Union to help deal with contamination of the Dniester River after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian HPP caused a transformer oil spill, the Moldovan government said on March 13.

13 March, 11:05 PM

Russian attack contaminates Dniester River; pollution reaches Moldova

A Russian attack on the Dniester Hydroelectric Power Plant in Chernivtsi Oblast caused a leak of transformer oil into the Dniester River, Ukrainian authorities said on March 12.

13 March, 02:33 AM

Russian strikes spill 125 tons of oil into Odesa estuary

Two strikes caused massive pollution of the Sukhyi Estuary in Odesa Oblast, spilling 125 tons of oil and resulting in billions in damages, Ukraine's State Ecological Inspectorate of the South-Western District reported on Facebook on Dec. 8.

8 December 2025, 04:13 PM

Russia illegally transfers oil at sea near Greece and Cyprus — Ukrainian Intelligence

The aggressor state Russia is conducting illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers in open waters off the coasts of Greece and Cyprus, Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) wrote on June 16.

16 June 2025, 12:49 PM

Oil tanker carrying 130,000 tons sinking in Russia’s Ust-Luga port

A 130,000-ton oil tanker began sinking in Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast following a series of explosions in the ship’s engine room, the Telegram channel Baza reported on Feb. 9.

9 February 2025, 05:34 PM

Russian oil spill nears Odesa and Mykolaiv coasts

Oil spilled from sunken Russian tankers may reach the Black Sea coasts of Mykolaiv and Odesa, Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on national television on Jan. 9.

9 January 2025, 10:03 AM

Oil spill stretches for kilometers as Russian tankers sink near Crimea

Videos of an oil spill disaster allegedly caused by two sinking Russian tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, in the Kerch Strait are circulating online.

17 December 2024, 12:45 PM

Greenpeace warns of environmental disaster in Black and Azov Seas

The Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are facing an environmental disaster caused by Russia's militarization of their waters, Greenpeace Ukraine said in its Dec. 15 statement following incidents with two Russian oil tankers in the Kerch Strait.

16 December 2024, 09:19 AM

Environmental damage in Ukraine exceeds $70 billion after 1,000 days of war

Since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the environmental damage caused by the war is estimated at approximately $71 billion, Ukrainian Environment Minister Svitlana Grynchuk announced on Nov. 19.

19 November 2024, 08:34 PM

Russia’s war causes $68+ billion in environmental damages

Russia has inflicted over $68.9 billion in environmental damages since the war outbreak, with nearly 6,500 cases of ecosystem destruction recorded, Ukraine's Ministry of Environmental Protection wrote on Oct. 29.

29 October 2024, 02:25 PM

Chornobyl scenario at Kursk Nuclear Plant cannot be ruled out, Ukrainian expert warns

Chornobyl scenario at the Kursk nuclear power plant (KNPP) cannot be completely ruled out, Dmytro Humeniuk, safety analysis expert at the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, told Radio NV on Aug. 12.

13 August 2024, 12:43 PM

Zelenskyy: Russian attacks on Ukrainian hydro plants could trigger environmental disaster

During a massive overnight assault, the Russian army attacked the Kaniv and Dniester hydroelectric power plants, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram on March 29.

29 March 2024, 06:16 PM

Dnipro HPP missile attack: environmental damage estimated at over $3.5 million

The environmental damage caused by the missile attack on Dnipro HPP by the Russian military on March 22 amounts to more than 140 million hryvnias ($3.6 million), Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets said on national television on March 27.

27 March 2024, 03:01 PM

‘Under control’ — Though ablaze after RU attack, no threat of breach at Ukraine’s largest hydro dam

There is no threat to Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric power station in Zaporizhzhya, even though it could be seen ablaze following an attack by Russian forces early on March 22, Ukrainian hydropower operator Ukrhydroenergo reported on March 22 on Telegram.

22 March 2024, 09:50 AM

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