ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF HOSTILITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The article analyzes domestic and foreign literary information on the impact of military events on the environment, and assesses the impact of various factors on natural components. The aim of the work is to identify the effects of hostilities and their significance on environmental components. To assess the impact of various negative factors of military activity on the environment, the matrix method of expert evaluation was used. Using matrix analysis, the types of impacts on various components of the environment and their arithmetic mean values were identified. According to the data obtained, the total arithmetic mean value of the negative influence of the factors of military events on the state of the environment is calculated. It has been established that most of the research work in the domestic and foreign literature on this issue is devoted to the analysis of the effects of pollution of the seas during hostilities, the identification of pollutants in the atmosphere during shell explosions, and the analysis of the state of soil cover in the territories of military events. The research topics in the field of the impact of military events on the environment, which today are insufficiently studied, are determined. These include pollution of water bodies during the destruction of the water supply and sewage systems, the occurrence and spread of fires, emergencies at potentially dangerous objects, etc.