German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the disaster at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was a new dimension of the conflict.
On the night of June 6, Russia staged the biggest man-made disaster in Europe in recent decades – it blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. 80 Ukrainian settlements are under threat of flooding. The environmental, economic, humanitarian damage caused to Ukraine is enormous. How did the world react to the disaster?
Nothing new with Putin
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Russia’s bombing of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was in line with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s strategy to attack civilian targets.
According to him, the undermining of the hydroelectric power station is a new dimension of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine.
“It’s about something with a new dimension, but it fits with how Putin has waged this war,” Scholz said.
The chancellor said that Germany should continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary.
weapons of mass destruction
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky accused Russia of blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam and said its consequences would be comparable to using weapons of mass destruction.
“Russia continues to expand the boundaries of its aggression. The attack on the Novaya Kakhovka dam in residential areas is tantamount to using weapons of mass destruction against the civilian population. This atrocity will be condemned and will be punished!” Lipavsky wrote on Twitter.
“The destruction of the Kakhovka dam today endangers the lives of thousands of civilians and causes serious damage to the environment.
This is an outrageous act that once again shows the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
New increase
The European Commission strongly condemned the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
“The EU strongly condemns this heinous and barbaric attack on key infrastructure with dire humanitarian and environmental consequences. This is clearly taking place in the context of Russia’s illegal aggression, which Putin did not hesitate to use hunger, energy, winter as weapons. and nuclear power plants in Ukraine,” said Peter Stano, representative of the EU Foreign Service.
According to him, the undermining of the hydroelectric power station is a sign of a new escalation of the situation in Ukraine.
“This brings the horrific and barbaric nature of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine to an unprecedented level,” Stano said.
Ecocide
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Russia turned water into a weapon by blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam, and called for Ukraine to help win the war.
“The terrorist state of Russia has turned water into a weapon. The destruction of the Novaya Kakhovka dam is a war crime affecting countless civilians, ecocide and mass destruction.
We must stop this cycle of aggression by helping Ukraine win and ensuring full accountability,” Kallas tweeted.
Suggest a negotiation
Interestingly, after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, a group of countries loyal to Russia advocated immediate negotiations between Ukraine and the aggressor.
China called on “all parties” to be committed to a political settlement of the so-called “Ukraine crisis” (as the Chinese government calls Russia’s war against Ukraine) and contribute to easing the situation.
China’s position on the “Ukraine crisis” remains consistent and clear, the Chinese diplomatic department added.
The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, called the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station one of the consequences of the war against Ukraine, which was unleashed by the Russian Federation.
“This is one of the consequences of the brutal and destructive war that Russia is waging in Ukraine. This is not new. You were surprised by the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, but now 20% of the territory of Ukraine has been destroyed. , cities, villages was destroyed to the ground,” said Garibashvili.
The prime minister of Georgia believes that “the parties should sit down and discuss the end of the war.”
“I believe that everyone should make efforts so that they sit at the negotiating table and start a peaceful negotiation process. There is no alternative to this. The killing of people must stop, this is our position,” Garibashvili argues.
Source: korrespondent
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