This story looks at one of the more unseen tragedies of the War in Ukraine – the razing of the country’s forests. Over three years into the conflict, and much of the reporting has understandably discussed the loss of human lives during the conflict. What has been underreported is how missile fire and mines have led to catastrophic wildfires that have decimated the forests in and around the conflict zone. Because this type of narrative involves large regions as they change over time, it lent itself well to large data visualizations illustrating the scale of the fires and how they interact with changes in the conflict zone over time. As the reader scrolls through the story they’ll find a map that advances in time as they scroll so they can stop and see how the fire and conflict has evolved since the official start of the war. This map also highlights where Ukraine’s protected forests are to orient the reader to where the war has taken its greatest toll on the country’s biodiversity. While there is more text and story beyond the interactive central graphic, geographically orienting the reader is essential for them to grasp the scale of the destruction and what it means for a myriad of communities in Ukraine.