breaking the dam Kakhovka this Tuesday took the war in Ukraine to another level. After the mysterious explosion at the factory where both Russia and Ukraine blame each other 16,000 people in danger Seller and the security of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant hang by a thread.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed to his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts. Volodymyr Zelensky And Vladimir Putin, Establishment of an expert commission to examine partial demolition of the damand assured that representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye and the UN would participate. The Turkish president sought to repeat the four-party model that facilitated the signing of an agreement for grain exports in the Black Sea in mid-2022.
The Turkish president took this opportunity to once again offer Zelenski to return to the negotiations and warned that it would be impossible to stop the war as long as the violence continued.human losses Those who continue to register “everyday” in Ukraine, according to Erdogan’s office. Zelenskiy declined to consider the idea of an international commission, although he confirmed on Twitter that he had spoken to Erdogan about the “human and environmental consequences” of what he described as an “act of terrorism”. “I gave him a list of urgent needs to eliminate the disaster,” he said.
According to the Ukrainian government, it has been evacuated from the most affected areas so far. flood resulted in more than 1,450 people on the western bank of the Dnieper River, where the dam is located and bisects the Ukrainian province of Kherson. The disaster, which was described as “ecological destruction” by the Ukrainian authorities, was also effective in Turkey. sewage and running water distribution system. According to city officials of the city of Kherson, six water treatment infrastructures were flooded.
Turkish importance
For the President of Ukraine, “Turkey’s voice is important in terms of international relations. withdrawal of troops The “occupation of Ukrainian territory”, as well as the extension of the grain agreement or the return of persons “illegally transferred” since the beginning of the conflict.
Erdogan, on the other hand, urged Putin to approve a new extension of the agreement on grain and fertilizer exports from Ukrainian ports.
Finally, the Turkish president once again impressed Ankara’s willingness. “establish a just peace” “We sincerely provided all the necessary support to end the conflicts.
“barbaric act”
During the aforementioned telephone conversation, the President of Russia warned that the purpose of detonating the dam was to destroy the Kajovskaya hydroelectric power station, and “a major environmental and humanitarian disaster”.
“The Kiev authorities are making a dangerous bet, at the suggestion of their Western supporters, by escalating conflicts, committing war crimes, using openly terrorist methods and carrying out sabotage on Russian soil,” Putin concluded.
Ukrainian and Russian officials have made mutual accusations of the partial collapse of the dam, which flooded dozens of towns at the foot of the Dnieper River. Ankara avoided appointing the blame, like United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who said he did not have “independent” information.