The International Dimension of Ukraine’s Climate Policy in the Context of a Full-Scale Russian Invasion
Journal: Wschód Europy Studia humanistyczno-społeczne
Year: 2026

This article examines how the Russian–Ukrainian war has reshaped Ukraine’s environmental policy by causing large-scale damage to ecosystems, destroying critical infrastructure, and generating long-term environmental threats. It analyses how warfare – particularly the use of explosives, attacks on industrial and energy facilities, and extensive mining of territories – contributes to soil, water, and air pollution, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. Special attention is devoted to ecocide an