*[Enwl-eng] Wildlife abandons 'Europe's Amazon' nature reserve

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The human and material cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is well 
documented. But rare species of animals and flowers that had flourished in 
the country's north have also been badly hit by the invaders' destructive 
use of weaponry and landmines, with fears they will take decades to recover. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63011640?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=5dc0507e8a-briefing-dy-20221010&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-5dc0507e8a-47223572

Valeri Stepanenko Oleksandrovych is dressed like a soldier, flanked by men 
armed with Kalashnikovs while keeping a constant eye on the news.

He is a forest ranger in Ukraine's Drevlyansky nature reserve, helping to 
patrol what once was a pristine sanctuary for wildlife in northern Ukraine. 
With its marshes, lakes, woods and heathland, it is a place so rich in 
wildlife it has even been called Europe's Amazon.

But situated just 15 miles from the border with Belarus, it is in a 
dangerous part of the world and Mr Stepanenko has every reason to be wary.

It was across this border in February that Russia sent rockets, missiles and 
artillery shells, followed by an invading armoured column that got all the 
way south to the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, before being driven back by 
Ukrainian defenders armed with the latest Western weapons.

"Russian land mines," Mr Stepanenko says, perched on a fallen log beside a 
forest track. "That's the worst legacy left behind by the invasion. That and 
the forest fires they set off with their shell fire."



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