![]() And, of course, we feel the strong support of the people of the United States,” Zelenskyy told Pence, according to the presidential website. “We appreciate that both major US parties, the Republican and Democratic, remain united in their support for Ukraine. Pence, an advocate of US support to Ukraine, is running for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. Zelenskyy also met former US vice president Mike Pence who visited Kyiv. The presidential office said this morning that at least eight civilians died in Russian attacks during the previous 24 hours. The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said two people were killed in the region’s capital in a Russian strike that hit residences, a medical facility and a school where residents were lined up to receive humanitarian aid.Īnother person was killed in a morning strike on the village of Bilzoerka, the regional prosecutor’s office said. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has repeatedly warned of the dangers of a major accident there. There are also fears over the risk of a disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power station, Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which is currently under Russian control. “We must do everything we can to speak out about this and to try to spread awareness and share information about what is happening.” “So I guess we need to make more room for people who are affected by these catastrophes to tell their stories and to share information about what’s happening on the ground.” “I don’t think any reaction could be sufficient. “I do not think that the world reaction to this ecocide is sufficient,” said Thunberg. Zelensky has criticised what he says is the lack of an adequate international response to the disaster. Each side has blamed the other for the disaster. Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the dam, which was under Moscow’s control, while the Kremlin insists that it was Kyiv that shelled the Soviet-era structure. The disaster killed dozens of people and forced thousands of others to flee. The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the southern region of Kherson on 6 June flooded huge swathes of the Kherson region. The meeting in the Ukrainian capital came as fighting continued around the country. “And that’s why they are deliberately targeting the environment and people’s livelihoods and homes and therefore also destroying lives…”. “Ecocide and environmental destruction is a form of warfare … as Ukrainians by this point know all too well – and so does Russia,” Thunberg said during a press conference. ![]() Thunberg denounced the ecological havoc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lack of international reaction to the disaster. ![]() UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR Zelenskyy has met Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European figures, including former Irish president Mary Robinson, who are forming a working group to address ecological damage from the Russian invasion. ![]()
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