Despite this, the country faces a number of major environmental issues such as inadequate supplies of potable water; air- and water-pollution and deforestation, as well as radiation contamination in the north-east from the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Meski demikian, negara ini menghadapi sejumlah isu besar mengenai lingkungan seperti kekurangan pasokan air layak minum; pencemaran udara dan air dan penggundulan hutan, juga kontaminasi radiasi di timur-laut dari kecelakaan tahun 1986 di Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Nuklir Chernobyl.