China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, said that Beijing is deeply concerned about the situation around Kakhovskaya HEPP and its environmental consequences. He said this at the UN Security Council meeting, reports TASS.
“We are deeply concerned about the collapse of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station,” the Chinese diplomat said.
Zhang noted that China urges all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to abide by international humanitarian law and make every effort to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Former Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzya declarationHe said that the world organization should not repeat its mistakes in the context of the investigation of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, as in the case of the provocation in Bucha and the detonation of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was destroyed in the Kherson region, near Novaya Kakhovka. Dozens of settlements began to flood, including Kherson and New Kakhovka.
Russia and Ukraine blame each other in the breaking of the dam. There is also a version that the accident occurred due to “old damage”. The Ukrhidroenergo company stated that the station was completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
Source: Gazeta

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