Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Kyiv
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Kyiv on June 29, to join the International Working Group on the ecological damage from the war and assess the environmental impact of military actions, including from the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP and reservoir.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office reported the president met with Thunberg. She expressed gratitude for the invitation and pledged to engage representatives from environmental NGOs in discussions to highlight the ecological ramifications of the ongoing Russian invasion.
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On June 15, Thunberg stood alongside Ukrainians at a demonstration in Bonn, Germany, under the local UN office, protesting Russia’s apparent terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP in Kherson Oblast.
On June 6, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka HPP, which they had controlled for over a year. The subsequent flooding severely affected cities and villages downstream.
Read also: 20,000 animals may have died due to Kakhovka dam destruction, Ukraine says
In response to the crisis, Zelenskyy held an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. He ordered the evacuation of residents from high-risk areas and the assurance of water supply to all locations that relied on drinking water from the Kakhovka Reservoir.
Read also: Odesa Zoo rescues animals displaced by Kakhovka Dam catastrophe
Zelensky referred to the attack on Kakhovka HPP as the most severe man-made ecological disaster in Europe in recent decades.
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