The impact of the military factor on the condition of the infrastructure and natural environment of the regions of Ukraine after the Russian aggression

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the impact of the military factor in the conditions of full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation on the infrastructure and natural environment of the regions of Ukraine and the determination of priority ways of their reconstruction and reproduction.On the basis of monographic, statistical and cartographic methods, the damage caused by hostilities in the socio-industrial sphere, transport infrastructure, energy and housing and communal services, the financial sector and their localization by administrative regions were analyzed. The negative impact of the military factor and the damage caused in physical and cost terms to such components of the environment as air, water resources, ground cover, nature reserve fund, forests are considered. Zoning of the territory of Ukraine was carried out according to the consequences of military actions due to the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation according to the following criteria: the amount of negative impact on the infrastructure and the main components of the natural environment; possibilities of their safe reconstruction and restoration in our time; duration of occupation of temporarily occupied territories; the intensity of hostilities and the scale of the military’s impact on the economy and the natural environment today.According to the specified criteria, five regions were selected, two of which already have the opportunity to restore the necessary facilities for the life of the population and assistance to the Armed Forces. Prerequisites and priority directions for infrastructure reconstruction and restoration of the natural environment have been determined for territories where hostilities are not taking place and the risk of negative military impact has decreased. In the territories liberated from the occupiers, it is urgently necessary to create a comprehensive program of reproduction of the Red Book species of flora and fauna of our country, preservation of biodiversity, and in the reconstruction of the infrastructure destroyed by the war, a nature conservation approach, which will allow us to preserve our unique environment, is especially important.