Russian military forces in and around the Caspian Sea appear to be firing at Ukraine — with as-yet-unmeasured impacts on the local environment, as well as untold death and destruction on hitting their targets. Ukrainian officials reported Russian jets firing missiles from the sea in the first days of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022 and have done so repeatedly since. People living by the Caspian have also reported missile launches, in one case this year posting a video apparently showing a Kalibr cruise-missile launch. Some locals have…
