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

The Bystre Canal, open for business
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The Bystre canal in the Ukrainian Danube Delta, open for seagoing vessels business. Environmental concerns, drowned by Russia

Cătălin Prisacariu, Oleg Oganov, Petru Zoltan ROMANIAN version The Bystre Canal, open for business. Which is heavy maritime traffic, despite a pending dossier on the environmental impact on the Danube Delta. The UN committee considering environmental compliance has suspended discussions initiated by Romania on the dossier. The reason: the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The change on Chilia It’s a cold November Saturday morning on the Romanian side of the Chilia Danube’s arm. Until the beginning of this year, only river vessels, mainly barges carrying goods between the Danube ports of Ukraine, could be seen on the waters of Chilia. But