The rolling hills of the Carpathian Mountains, crisp autumn mornings at Ukraine’s national parks, wild horses grazing on grass surrounded by a picturesque natural landscape — these were the subjects of nature photographer Denys Kryvyi’s pictures, before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. For more than a decade, Kryvyi’s passion for photography took him to the most secluded parts of his country, seemingly a world away from the geopolitical turmoil that would engulf the nation after Russia’s...

The attack on the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 came as a shock to Ukrainians, who had been plagued by a brutal war for over a year. Located in southern Ukraine, the dam had long been thought to withstand almost anything—only to crumble under the weight of relentless Russian bombardments. As the dam’s reservoir drained in the days that followed, unstoppable floods consumed residential buildings, destroyed ecosystems, displaced thousands, and killed dozens of people.  Today, the attack is deemed the...

Hundreds of wildfires have plagued Greece over the summer, adding to a list of European countries set ablaze during record-breaking late summer heat waves as global temperatures continue to rise. Evros, in the North-East region of Greece, sits along the most popular route for migrants crossing the River Evros from Turkey to the European Union. Reports surfaced on August 22 that 18 burned bodies believed to be migrants were discovered near the Evros capital city, Alexandroupolis. While the count

Anatoly Isichenko’s farm was one of the first to fall. By March 2022, less than a week into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, enemy troops had reached Husarivka in Kharkiv Oblast and seized the 68-year-old Ukrainian’s land. Isichenko watched in horror as his once-prosperous business turned into a military base—a foothold where enemy forces carried out attacks against Ukrainian troops and civilians fighting for liberation. Isichenko’s dairy farm, which once employed up to 240 local civilians, now loo

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is poisoning the country’s land, air, water, and climate in a way that will have longstanding repercussions, according to the Ukrainian government and organizations on the ground. Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources has recorded at least 1,200 environmental disasters in the two-plus months since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion. Those disasters are not only undermining Ukraine’s efforts to preserve its natural e