pesd2024182001

	PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Volume 18, Issue no.2/ 2024

	Title: Military actions in Ukraine as ecocide and challenge to Formulas of peace
	Authors : Liudmyla HERASYMCHUK 1 , Iryna PATSEVA 1 , Ruslana VALERKO 1 , Volodymyr USTYMENKO 1 1 Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine E-mail : * Corresponding author: gerasim4uk@ukr.net
	https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024182015
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	Abstract Background: an assessment of the environmental consequences of military actions was carried out from the perspective of the challenge to the peace formula. Methods: the information base of the research was the official resource of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine “EkoZahroza” and the materials of the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Polissia District regarding the calculations of the amount of damage caused by military actions. Results: it was determined that as of the 526th day of the military invasion (September 3, 2023), 34,119 units of Russian equipment caused the emission of 61,417 tons of pollutants into the atmosphere, the generation of 596,316 tons of waste, the spillage of oil products - 1,241 tons into the soil and 7 tons into the water. caused damage to the environment in the amount of 260.77 million UAH. The conducted surveys established that 93.8% of the surveyed schoolchildren and 100% of higher education students consider military actions on the territory of our state to be environmental crimes, among the components of the environment that suffer the most from military actions are soil and land resources and forest ecosystems. Conclusions: compared to the 127th day of the military invasion, the amount of destroyed military equipment increased by 6.9 times, emissions by 3.8 times, and waste by 6 times; losses - 3.8 times. There is an obvious need to assess all environmental risks caused by military actions, to apply an effective mechanism for compensation for damages and restoration of ecosystems. The optimistic attitude of the younger generation and youth regarding the possibility of improving the environmental situation in Ukraine after the end of military actions was noted. Measures to improve the state of the environment that were proposed by students testify to their environmental awareness and interest in environmental restoration, as well as the qualified training of ecologists by scientific and pedagogical workers.

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