Ecology was never a priority in the Soviet Union or post-Soviet Ukraine, where profit has always been the ultimate goal, initially for the communist party and later for private companies. Ecological norms, although nominally in existence,...
After the explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the first thing to fall under the radioactive cloud was the plant’s neighboring forest. Within minutes of the disaster, the trees turned a rust-red color. The only reminder...
Pink flamingos, birds by far not common for Ukraine, produced offspring in the country’s southern-lying Kherson Oblast. In June 2017, local hunters saw the birds. After amateur ornithologist Oleksandr Nastachenko heard about this,...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
