Російська агресія знищує екосистему Чорного моря: через війну загинули вже близько 120 тисяч дельфінів 🐬💔

Екологічна катастрофа, про яку має кричати весь світ. Найбільш помітним і трагічним впливом повномасштабної війни на природу стала масова загибель китоподібних у Чорному морі. За оцінками вчених, кількість загиблих тварин уже сягає приголомшливої цифри — 120 000 особин.
«Вплив війни на Чорне море є руйнівним. Ми фіксуємо безпрецедентний рівень смертності дельфінів через військові дії», — зазначає Іван Русєв, доктор біологічних наук і керівник науково-дослідного відділу національного природного парку «Тузлівські лимани», який десятиліттями відстежує вплив людини на морську екосистему.Чому гинуть дельфіни?
🔻 Військові сонари та підводні човни: Надпотужні гідролокатори російських військових кораблів руйнують акустичну систему дельфінів (їхній головний орган орієнтації). Тварини «сліпнуть», не можуть шукати їжу та в паніці викидаються на берег.
🔻 Морські міни та вибухи: Постійні бомбардування, ракетні пуски з акваторії та підриви на мінах призводять до акустичних травм, декомпресії та миттєвої загибелі китоподібних.
🔻 Хімічне отруєння: Токсичне ракетне паливо, важкі метали від снарядів та паливно-мастильні матеріали масово забруднюють воду.Росія чинить екоцид глобального масштабу.

Знищення природи України — це злочин проти майбутнього всієї планети. Світ повинен притягнути агресора до відповідальності за кожне забране життя — як людське, так і дикої природи. 🌊🛑

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Part of this walk has featured before, but I still love my adopted home city.

Many photos not included as trying to keep a child and 3 dogs out of photos is always fun. Hopefully understandably, I don't want my child posted online.

Hi Fellow Ukrainian Supporters,

just popped in to say I read a new book INVASION by Luke Harding and I really enjoyed it.

It was harrowing, precise, accurate and heartbreaking and to be honest what those Russians did to out dear Ukrainian friends will never be forgotten, I will not forget, and like those Russian Generals before them, these evil Russians will be required to pay the piper on their way to Hell.

I am sorry to say I do not speak Ukrainian, so forgive my Translation if it is slack or incorrect.

РОСІЯНИ, ЙДІТЬ ДО БІСЛА ! ;)

Glory To The Heroes Of Ukraine

kiwi

Some more photos showing the beauty of the city of r/urbanhell

Taken from a recent walk

Photos from Gdansk Park (парк Гданцівський)

For a city that normally ends up in r/urbanhell, it's important to remember that our city is beautiful after all.

It's our home and we wouldn't change it for anything

Center of Digital History. Why digital preservation is a form of resistance?

History is under fire, but data is indestructible.

At the Center of Digital History, we aren't just scanning old photos. We are building a digital fortress for Ukraine’s identity. From 3D-modeling lost architectural landmarks to digitizing family archives in war-torn villages, our mission is to ensure that even if a building is lost, its memory remains eternal.

But innovation requires stability.

We are launching a global Patreon campaign to reach a modest but vital goal: $600 per month. This isn't for a one-off project—it's for our infrastructure. It covers:

Secure cloud storage for Terabytes of heritage data.

Maintenance of professional scanning equipment.

Supporting our core team of historians and tech experts.

Be more than a witness to history. Be its guardian, preserver or architect.

Join our mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/digitalhistorycenter/

#DigitalHumanities #Ukraine #HeritageAtRisk #TechForGood #CulturalPreservation

A priest sprinkles holy water on worshippers during an Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday service in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine.

How is this picture?

I created these two pieces for my dear friend, whose home has been viciously flattened. The train station was the heart of the city in a way and the heart monument was a proud piece in the town.

Both celebrate Kostiantynivka and are meant to help preserve a small piece of Ukrainian beauty that once was, as we hope for a better future with healing and rebuilding. 

© AFP / Yurko Dyachyshyn

Last Sunday, my mother Frances Laird, passed away, she was a peace activist in the 80’s. She participated in the Soviet/American Peace Walk in 1988, marching across Ukraine with many other peace activists. They were followed by trucks that carried their camping gear, and were met by hordes of friendly and curious people. Here are some highlights of the trip. She went on to study the Russian language, and wrote three books of translations of the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, including Swan Songs. In her last days alive, she was bereft by the destruction and death wreaked upon the Ukrainian people.

Last Sunday I attended the Celebrate Ukraine Concert at St John's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Johnson City, NY. Wonderful event with some extraordinarily talented local performers. The musical director and conductor is from Taiwan, a nation which could soon face similar hardships if we don't stand together against Putin's insanity. That day was my first time attending an Orthodox Divine Liturgy (as a visitor) and my first time hearing Ukrainian classical and folk music live. The national anthem of Ukraine was especially moving.

After the morning Divine Liturgy, I had an opportunity to chat with the priest. He reminded me that it is important not to demonize all Russian people for what the regime and it's supporters are doing. He's right, of course. Among the many victims of the war, we can count the people of conscience in Russia who are living in constant fear of imprisonment and death.

It's heartbreaking, the things we Children of God do to one another.