Askania-Nova, one of Europe’s oldest and most important steppe nature reserves, has remained under Russian occupation since the early months of the full-scale invasion.

Park rangers, together with Emergencies Ministry personnel are extinguishing several fires at one of Europe's largest nature reserves

Two fires have swept through the F.E. Falz-Fein Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the Kherson region, burning 1,928 hectares of the…