Oleksandra Shumilova
Oleksandra Shumilova is a scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, known for her research on the environmental impacts of the Kakhovka dam destruction in Ukraine, which she compared to the Chornobyl disaster due to the release of heavy metals into the ecosystem.
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Oleksandra Shumilova is a freshwater ecologist who warns about the pollutants in the reservoir and their potential effects.
In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb? | Ukraine
United Kingdom· 2025-07-22
Oleksandra Shumilova, the lead author of the study, believes that the scale of the dam's destruction can be compared to the Chernobyl disaster.
Підрив Каховської ГЕС запустив "бомбу сповільненої дії" – вчені
Ukraine· 2025-03-15
Oleksandra Shumilova is the lead author of the study regarding the ecological consequences of the Kakhovka dam disaster.
Destruição da barragem ucraniana de Kakhovka pela Rússia criou “bomba tóxica” | Guerra na Ucrânia
Portugal· 2025-03-14
Oleksandra Shumilova is the lead author of the study on the environmental impacts of the Kakhovka dam destruction.
Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds | UkraineUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-13