Nature will amaze with a unique forest. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences predicts the fate of the destroyed reservoir.

Ecologist and geobotanist Yakiv Didukh spoke about the consequences of the war for Ukraine's nature, which can be considered ecocide. The recovery of nature will take from 10 to 70 years. However, some places may become unique for Europe. For example, a willow has begun to appear at the Kakhovka reservoir, which prevents dust storms. In 20 years, this could become the largest willow forest in Europe. Flooding such forests may cause great harm. One cannot also fail to mention the destruction of the Serebryansky forest and the pine forests on the slopes of the Seversky Donets. Restoring nature to its previous state is impossible, the new forests will be different. Also, alien plant species are already settling in Ukrainian ecosystems, displacing local ones.

Currently, teams of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are developing methods to assess the damage caused by nature's forces; however, due to limited access to the destroyed territories, this task surpasses them. There is also a problem of a lack of ecologists and insufficient interest from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine in this work.