The Russia-Ukraine War caused great damage to Ukraine, and many losses exceeded people's expectations. On October 23, 2025, Ukraine's "Kiev Independent" reported that since the outbreak in Russia and Ukraine, wildfires have swallowed large areas of land in Ukraine, and Russia is suspected of deliberately setting fire.

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russian army hasined a fairly good image, favored prisoners, treated civilians well, often appeared to be "caring and soft", now finally a little fierce, dared to burn the forest, this bid to burn the salary, burned the whole territory of Ukraine.

According to Ukraine, in 2024 alone, one million hectares of forests and land in Ukraine will be burned. Although high temperature, landmines and shelling are all culprits, Russian drones intentionally attacking firefighters are also "war crimes."

Now the Ukraine media is worried that wildfires will destroy the entire country, and Ukraine is worried about annihilation. They have also specifically told some examples to prove that Ukraine is no longer able to control wildfires. Based on monitoring data. The destruction of forests in Ukraine is directly related to the war. The fire curved and spread to the front lines of the war. Fires are concentrated in the eastern states, where the main fighting takes place, and hundreds of small, frequent, low-intensity fires are almost certainly caused by explosions. Abandoned farmland that is being turned into grassland or young forest will account for one-third of the burned area.

In 2024, the hot and dry climate turned the front line into a powder keg, and explosions often turned into larger fires that could not be fully controlled due to the presence of mines. On May 11, 2024, the village of Studnok near the city of Izim in eastern Ukraine was hit by a forest fire. Uzbekistan said that Russian shelling caused the fire, which started in Izim in Kharkiv Oblast. In the Forest National Park, the fire spread for 23 kilometers and burned into the village. Even firefighters were trapped. It was not until around 9 p.m. that the wind direction changed and the explosion weakened that the rescue team was able to enter the scene to put out the fire. The fire destroyed 6000 hectares of land and destroyed many houses.

In 2024, Ukraine became the worst country to burn wildfires in Europe, with fires far exceeding record levels in the rest of Europe.In 2024, the fire area reached 1 million hectares, more than twice the area of the entire EU during the same period.Donetsk, Lugansk and Zaporizhia have had one of the worst fires recorded.

Against the background of global warming, wildfires around the world are on the rise, but the impact in Ukraine is affected by the war. Ukraine's Kyiv Independent newspaper said scattered mines and unexploded ordnance exploded in the heat, and each explosion exacerbated the spread of the fire. Ukrainian firefighters said they were attacked by a Russian drone while putting out the flames. For this reason, an electronic warfare system is installed on the fire truck, and someone needs to be on standby with a rifle to avoid being attacked by drones.

Ukraine media claimed that the Russian army deliberately attacked fire-fighting vehicles and personnel, and also adopted a "double click" mode to deliberately cause a fire first and launch another attack after firefighters arrived. The example cited by Ukrainian media is that on July 6, 2025, Russian drones attacked a gas station in Kherson and then attacked Ukraine firefighters. Ukraine media pointed out that deliberately targeting rescue workers, setting fire or contributing to fires by deliberately damaging the environment for a long time should be regarded as war crimes under international law.

Now the Ukrainian side emphasizes that ¡°there is no accidental shelling, every attack is a deliberate military operation,¡± and there is a lot of accusations against Russia, such as: the Russian military has thrown killed mines into the woods to prevent the extinguishment of fire. This kind of statement is a bit ahead of the conclusion, and then the search for evidence means that the target is anti-Russia. Many accusations lack sufficient evidence, and even Ukrainian media reports lack a definite meaning, with the meaning of ¡°hypothesis or suspicion¡± in the article.

War has never regarded the protection of the environment as one of the combat targets, destruction has become a major characteristic of war, the destruction of war has been increasing rather than weakening. Ukraine has large portions of forests, trees provide cover for both sides, hiding equipment in the woods, building works in the woods, etc., battles are also often carried out in the woods, and firing is also one of the main means of both sides in the attack.

If it is said that the Russian military intends to fire through firing, burning forests, igniting the entire territory of Ukraine, rather than war crimes, rather than a progress, finally no worries, dare to let go. after all, igniting forests is the case, Ukraine itself is also using drones, namely to strike hidden Russian armored targets, but the reality is that a large forest is burned.

Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine and the West have jointly launched a public opinion war against Russia, constantly blackmailing the image of Russia, only the means used to lie, lack of true evidence.

Now Ukraine is at a disadvantage on the battlefield, the anti-Russian public opinion war has intensified, but it is also useless that it can not affect the success of the warfare.