From 5 km to 20 km a day: Ukraine triples anti-drone tunnel construction speed in two months (euromaidanpress.com)

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[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I know they are i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶ being attacked by Russia but this has to be terrible for the wildlife.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

This is what I've thought about for the longest time. Imagine the fishes getting killed by depth charges and torpedo blasts. The bombs landing on land and cratering it, killing the burrowing rabbits, insects and other underground creatures. I've always wondered if we have inadvertently killed animals that could have compounds with medicinal value, or just extincted a rare animal, by war. These animals would have no idea what's going on. The bullets, bombs, planes and tanks are like spacecraft for them, as we would view of spacecrafts lasering us from heaven.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago

I think this is where I was coming from with my original comment, although I had not thought about these specific things… it’s like that movie I can’t remember that came out in the 90’s about the insect that could cure cancer being killed by rainforest devastation…. Was just taking a moment to reflect how I saw this headline photo as hurting wildlife…. Regardless of which side of the war you’re on… but, and I feel the need to say it although I think I translated it wrong… fuck your Russian battleships?

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Imagine how bad all the bullets, artillery and explosions are for the wildlife! The noise pollution alone is horrific, and that is the absolute most trivial impact.

Russia should stop fighting, they are losing everything and gaining nothing.