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The Black Sea in peril: the echoes of war ripple beyond borders

Nino Ramishvili (Georgia, Studio Monitor), Atanas Tchobanov (Bulgaria, BIRD), Oleg Oganov (Ukraine, Nikcenter), Olesia Boreiko (Ukraine, Nikcenter), Sukru Oktay Kilic (Turkey, Fayn Studio), Vitalie Călugăreanu (Moldova), Cătălin Prisacariu (Romania), Investigative Media Lab VERSIUNEA ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ On the night of June 6, 2023, the Russian military blasted Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in a grotesque act of military desperation. The act classified as an „ecocide” has pushed the limits of the region’s ecological resilience. The resulting surge of poisoned water unleashed an ecological catastrophe upon the Black Sea, already choking from wartime neglect. In an extraordinary collaboration, investigative journalists