Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023

In the morning of June 6, 2023, occurred a catastrophe that shook the whole population of Europe as well as one of the whole World. Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, causing the biggest environmental crisis since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Thousands of...

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Main Authors: Larysa Kupriianova, Daryna Kupriianova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Education, Health and Sport
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/46090
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description In the morning of June 6, 2023, occurred a catastrophe that shook the whole population of Europe as well as one of the whole World. Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, causing the biggest environmental crisis since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Thousands of victims, and this number is actual exceptionally nowadays without future predictions; hundreds of hectares of land, which were once a fertile base for the world-famous Kherson tomatoes and watermelons, fell victim to the brutality of Russian aggression. Countless species of animals and plants, aquatic and terrestrial, that will never have their natural habitat or merely the second chance in their life again. After surviving the First and the Second World Wars, our historians never get tired of repeating that such disasters are one of the typical tactics of conducting “a brutal war”. After all, no one has yet rejected “the scorched-earth policy” and neither an attack nor a retreat has ever been without such brutality. Why are we raising the issue of the disaster at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam today? And, even knowing that it is not the first time that such a strategic object becomes a pawn in the brutal plans of Russia? Because this time we are talking about the global ecological and demographic crisis, which, as a middle result, is following the explosion. There are not only thousands of destinies and lives that were mutilated, but also the ecosystem which was destroyed, as well as there are definitely even much bigger consequences that Russia seeks with its attacks, and we are actually going to talk about them in our article.
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spelling doaj.art-0befd51db00e4b1987bb39853eb36d792023-09-05T10:49:12ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062023-06-0137110.12775/JEHS.2023.37.01.014Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023Larysa Kupriianova0Daryna Kupriianova1Humanitas University Board of DAR for Peace and Equality In the morning of June 6, 2023, occurred a catastrophe that shook the whole population of Europe as well as one of the whole World. Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, causing the biggest environmental crisis since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Thousands of victims, and this number is actual exceptionally nowadays without future predictions; hundreds of hectares of land, which were once a fertile base for the world-famous Kherson tomatoes and watermelons, fell victim to the brutality of Russian aggression. Countless species of animals and plants, aquatic and terrestrial, that will never have their natural habitat or merely the second chance in their life again. After surviving the First and the Second World Wars, our historians never get tired of repeating that such disasters are one of the typical tactics of conducting “a brutal war”. After all, no one has yet rejected “the scorched-earth policy” and neither an attack nor a retreat has ever been without such brutality. Why are we raising the issue of the disaster at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam today? And, even knowing that it is not the first time that such a strategic object becomes a pawn in the brutal plans of Russia? Because this time we are talking about the global ecological and demographic crisis, which, as a middle result, is following the explosion. There are not only thousands of destinies and lives that were mutilated, but also the ecosystem which was destroyed, as well as there are definitely even much bigger consequences that Russia seeks with its attacks, and we are actually going to talk about them in our article. https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/46090Kakhovka hydroelectric damdestroyed ecosystemrussian aggressionfull- scale wardemographic crisisthe scorched-earth policy
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Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Kakhovka hydroelectric dam
destroyed ecosystem
russian aggression
full- scale war
demographic crisis
the scorched-earth policy
title Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
title_full Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
title_fullStr Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
title_full_unstemmed Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
title_short Ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of Ukrainian and European population in 2023
title_sort ecocide as a precursor of a particularly acute and postponed genocide of ukrainian and european population in 2023
topic Kakhovka hydroelectric dam
destroyed ecosystem
russian aggression
full- scale war
demographic crisis
the scorched-earth policy
url https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/46090
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