Context: War in Ukraine could lead to thousands of civilian deaths, a potential refugee crisis and global economic downfall. It will also create irreversible damage to the regional as well as the global environment.

• On February 22, 2022, Vladimir Putin declared two separatist Ukrainian regions, Donetsk and Luhansk as independent, after years of conflict. The war has begun and it could be the deadliest one that Europe has seen in the last couple of decades.
• It could lead to thousands of civilian deaths, a potential refugee crisis and global economic downfall. This will also create irreversible damage to the regional as well as the global environment, just like the Chernobyl disaster did in the 1980s. Watch this video to know how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact the environment.