nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ca0a4bff2231bdd6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261022s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ca0a4bff2231bdd6 doi eng 342 23 Kazak, Rinata Author aut Beyond Defining Ecocide - What Ukraine Reveals About Measuring Ecological Harm Kazak, Rinata Verfassungsblog 2026-10-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When the Oskil dam in the Kharkiv region was damaged in 2022, the reservoir drained and land downstream flooded. The damage altered the river system and the ecosystems connected to it. Ukrainian prosecutors have brought ecocide charges against two Russian generals over the attack. But the case raises a difficult question for investigators and courts about what exactly counts as harm. This now sits at the centre of Ukraine’s reform of its ecocide offence and of international efforts to define the crime. CC BY-SA 4.0 Criminal Law Definition Ecocide ICC International Criminal Law Ukraine Kopytsia, Ievgeniia Author aut Puhach, Anastasiia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/definition-ecocide-ukraine/ raw object