Recording damage to the environment of your community in Ukraine
Last updated on September 18, 2024
How to act and where to write if the Russian war in Ukraine caused damage to the environment of your community, enterprise, environmental protection institution, etc.? It "flew" to you - a drone, a rocket, explosive objects caused a fire, the destruction, which is embodied in the pollution of air, soil, water, and indirectly plants, has harmful consequences for people and animals.
You will do the right thing if you take a number of steps to assess the damage to the environment in order to: subsequently bring the aggressor to justice, compensate for the damage and justify the recovery measures.
First of all, you need to contact the closest to you State Environmental Inspection and to Special Environmental Prosecutor's Office, as well as to specialized laboratories that analyze samples of materials (soil, water, air, biological materials, etc.) for evidence of environmental damage.
Our database includes 199 laboratories in various regions of Ukraine. For your convenience, it is presented in map and list formats.
Data Sources
SaveDnipro, DNEPR.com, luftdaten.info, Eco City, AirBG.Info, KP "CEM" DOR, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Donetsk Regional State Administration, AirVisual, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kyiv Regional State Administration, AirPol, Burshtyn Environmental Channel, Kyiv Smart City, Guru.ua, dnepro.net, Odessa State Environmental University, Georgian National Environmental Agency, , LUN Misto, Sensor.Community, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, AirMQ, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, EUropean Radiological Data Exchange Platform, State Specialized Enterprise "Ecocenter", SE "Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant", SE "South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant", SE "Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant", SE "Rivne Nuclear Power Plant", Main Center of Special Monitoring, Belgidromet, Kyiv City State Administration, Brovary City Council, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Odessa Regional State Administration, Lviv City Council, Kremenchuk City Council, Airly, PurpleAir, DTEK, SSE "Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant", uRADMonitor, Metinvest, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, State enterprise "Belarusian NPP", State Emergency Service of Ukraine, ECOTEST, JSC "Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant", State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, SSP "Radon Association", SSUFSCP, Safecast, Ecozagroza, Lutsk City Council, Vyshneve City Council, Vinnytsia City Council, Dikanka Village Territorial Community, Dubno City Council, Kamianets-Podilskyi City Council, Khmelnytskyi City Council, Palanska Village Community, Gelmyazivska Village Community, Vatutine City Community, Katerynopil Village Community, Steblivska Village Community, Pokrovsk City Military Administration, Pokrovsk Village Council, Erkivska Village Council, Palchykivska Village Council, Lysychobalkivska Village Council, VozMeteo, JS «NNEGC «Energoatom», Cherkasy Regional Oncology Dispensary, Pokrov City Council, Monastyryshche City Council, Ivan'ky Village Council, Khrystynivka City Council, Velyka Sevastyanivka Lyceum, Verkhnyatskyi Lyceum (Lishchyniv), Uman Humanitarian and Pedagogical College, Kuz'myna Hreblya Lyceum, Yaroshivka Village Council, Ladyzhynka Village Council, Mykhailivka Village Council, Zhabotyn Village Council, Raihorod Village Council, Budyschenska Village Council, Svydivok Village Council, Voznesenske Village Council, Balakliya Village Council, Chervona Sloboda Village Council, Drabiv Village Council, Selyshche Village Council, Man'kivka Village Council, SaveDnipro & Greenpeace, SaveDnipro & uRADMonitor, SaveDnipro & Safecast, SaveDnipro & SÚRO, Kyiv Digital, Shramkivka Village Council, Roshydromet, Rosatom, Smila City Council, Yuzhnoukrainsk City Council, Buky Village Council, State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv region, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of Lviv Regional Military (State) Administration, , State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Cherkasy region, Bashtechky Village Council.
Ukrainian hydrometeorological center, Ecozagroza (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine), FIRMS NASA, NOAA, Institute for the Study of War, Liveuamap, OpenStreetMap, portal Decentralization (Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine), OpenWeather.
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We have also prepared a database of environmental damage assessment laboratories in a machine-readable format for use by other services. And published it on the Unified State Portal of Open Data of Ukraine. From where everyone can download for free in CSV format.
Do you know about the war crimes of the Russian Federation against the Ukrainian environment?
Confidentially inform the Operational Headquarters of the Ministry of Environment to file lawsuits with the UN International Court of Justice for damages by the aggressor.
Database of environmental damage assessment laboratories
Some technical notes on the list of laboratories:
- The entry in our database "biological materials" is entered if it is in this wording in the description of the laboratory's services.
- There are three laboratories of the State Institution "Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology named after O. M. Marzeeva of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine", each with its own specialization.
- A crossed-out element of the biosphere means that we either did not find such a service in the list of those provided, or this list does not directly indicate the provision of such a service. Although in reality it can be disguised, for example, by the phrase "measurement of physical parameters and factors of objects of the external environment". That is, atmospheric air can be understood under these objects, for example, although the words "atmospheric air" may not be in the description of services.
- We did not specify which kind of water analysis - drinking water or from open water - the laboratory does, although it is indicated in some places in the description of services.By and large, after the crimes committed by the Russian Federation, all the same substances can get into water pipes as into open bodies of water. Especially if the water supply networks are worn out, if due to interruptions in the electricity supply, the water pressure in them drops from time to time and the penetration of contaminated groundwater into the water supply occurs.It is possible that some institutions, when noting the possibility of analyzing "drinking water", really mean bottled water. But in each case it should be clarified.
- Regarding the analysis of air quality, we did not include in the database those institutions that evaluate indoor air quality.