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Report on forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa shows Russia's invasion caused record wildfires in Ukraine

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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a report titled ‘Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2024'. It offers a broad view of the 2024 wildfire season, which was relatively mild in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, thanks in part to the intermittent rainfall during the summer.

The report nonetheless demonstrates that 2024 was a record-breaking year for forest fires in Ukraine. Satellite imagery shows that nearly one million hectares (965,000 ha) burnt in the country in 2024 - more than twice the area burnt in the entire European Union during the same period. 

The spatial distribution of the fires matches the line of the war front between Ukraine and Russia, showing the impact of Russia's illegal invasion on Ukraine's forests. The effects of the conflict appear to have been worse in 2024 than in previous fire seasons since the war started.

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