Traditional wildfires in Siberia are twice the size of last year and are already out of control as Russian military rescuers who usually fight them have been sent to war in Ukraine. It is reported by The Independent.

Climate researcher at the University of Miami in Ohio, Jessica McCarthy, explained that fighting fires in Siberia often requires military aircraft, so it is unlikely that Russia will have them at least in the summer if the war continues..

She also stressed that Putin will have to choose - either more fires in Siberia, or he will have to take part of the aircraft and military from the war in Ukraine..

Such fires are dangerous because they melt glaciers in the north, which leads to the release of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere..

Earlier, Russian media reported that this year Siberia flared up earlier. Smoke from fires cordoned off Novosibirsk, Omsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Fires in Russia. On April 21, a fire broke out in Tver at the 2nd Central Research Institute of Aerospace Defense, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is engaged in the development of cruise missiles and air defense systems.