In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?
- Posted on July 22, 2025
- By The Guardian
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In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?

Two years after the Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed in Ukraine, nature has returned in abundance to the drained land in a ‘big natural experiment’ – but it could be lost as quickly as it appeared