Russia's war against Ukraine threatens the extinction of marine animals in the Black Sea - experts

According to a biologist from Rzeszow University in Poland, Eve Wehzhin, in three months of war in Ukraine in the Black Sea, 37 to 48 thousand marine cetaceans were killed in the Black Sea. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to a sharp increase in the number of deaths among dolphins and marine pigs in the Black Sea. Moreover, tens of thousands of dead dolphins were recorded not only in Ukraine and in the occupied territories, but also in other countries.

This is stated in a study published in Biology Letters. According to the authors of the study, dolphins and marine pigs may completely disappear in the Black Sea as a result of military conflict. According to the author of the study from Rzeszow University in Poland Eve Wehzhin, wild animals are not immune to the devastating consequences of the war. However, they are practically not said. First, the difficult situation of other creatures is often overshadowed by human losses.

Secondly, it is extremely difficult to conduct scientific research during the war. They are happening during the war, "she told Newsweek journalists. She also noted that the mortality rate of marine mammals, which include cetic dolphins and marine pigs of the Black Sea, is difficult to study.

One of the authors to become Ivan Rusiev, who conducts research on the Black Sea coast As a researcher of the Natural Park Tuzlovsky estuaries, noticed an increase in the number of dead dolphins thrown ashore. He also received reports of dead marine animals from other countries that have access to the Black Sea.

According to Wengzhin, all three species of cetaceous Sea (ordinary naval pig, short -lived ordinary dolphin and ordinary bottlene) were listed in the Red List of the International Union of Conservation July). Data on the mortality of the City in the region for the same months from 2015 to 2021 - to a full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine.

The material states that the data collected from social networks found about 2500 corpses of cetaceans, thrown into the Black Sea coast for three months of study. Given that, it is estimated that only a small percentage of dead dolphins and marine pigs is thrown ashore-the remaining carcasses are lowered to the bottom-researchers have determined that 2500 documented ejection cases are likely to be death 37 500-48 000 000 months wars. On April 5, Crimean was called to help bring Ukraine closer.

According to intelligence representatives, there are several platforms that can be used to share information for the Ukrainian side. Also on April 5, Zelensky called the main condition for which Ukraine will be ready for negotiations on the status of Crimea. According to the Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga, the Armed Forces must reach the boundaries of the peninsula in order to begin negotiations. However, the option of liberation of Crimea is also not excluded.