First person footage from the 1st battalion of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade working in the Donetsk region
At 0:13 you can see the machine gunner put his gun down on a PFM-1 anti personnel mine
Fortunately the mine isn’t that powerful and all of the fragments where captured by the gun itself leaving the machine gunner with only a small concussion
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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The linked picture of a forest devestated by the #Kremlin's #WarInUkraine inspired me to a quick research. My preliminary conclusion:
1) International scientists envision a relaunch of war-torn forests in postwar #Ukaine.
2) The Kremlin's regime should be indicted for mass #Ecocide, on top of #WarCrimes and #CrimesAgainstHumanity, and others.
Via #AprilReese @ science.org*
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https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-plan-comeback-ukraine-s-war-ravaged-forests (2023--04-19)
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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"In addition to its horrific human toll, the #WarInUkraine has inflicted widespread damage on the nation’s forests. Bombs and missiles have sparked thousands of fires, and “artillery breaks trees in half—it basically mows the #forest
,”..."
"Since the #RussianInvasion began in February 2022, almost 20,000 #fires have burned across 755,638 hectares, according to remote sensing data."
"Even before the current war,...
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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...#Ukraine’s forests were considered some of the world’s most damaged.
The expansion of agriculture in this major food exporter had vastly reduced forest cover; nearly half of #Ukraine is now cropland. In many of the forests that remained, open stands of fire-adapted Scots pine had been replaced by crowded,
more fire-prone plantations.
"
"“Economics, legislation, and habit” enable plantations to persist, ...
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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...#Milakovsky said, despite increasing concerns that the #monocultures do relatively little to support native species and can suck up scarce water
..."
"...some #forestry experts say the destruction could lead to a major overhaul of how #Ukraine manages its forests
, changes they say will help ensure these landscapes
can better cope with #ClimateChange, support #biodiversity, and protect water quality.
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"Researchers...
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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...a long overdue policy shift."
“#Ukraine is pretty dry, and it’s getting drier.”
"Shrinking #plantations could avoid the “repeated depletion” of these water resources,.."
"Forests with mixed species and well-spaced trees of varying ages would be less susceptible to intense fires and the #droughts
that are expected to become more common as the region’s climate warms,.."
"Minister of Environmental Protection and...
#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
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...Natural Resources #RuslanStrilets said #Ukraine is “moving towards the trend of creating mixed forests
, i.e. coniferous with deciduous, as well as the planting of additional shrubs.”"
#If done correctly, postwae #Ukraine could become an example for many other nations #forestry.
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Read on:
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-plan-comeback-ukraine-s-war-ravaged-forests