Friday01 November 2024
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Shmyhal reported on the damages the Ukrainian ecosystem has suffered due to the Russian invasion.

As a result of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's ecosystem has suffered losses amounting to $65 billion.
Шмыгаль поделился информацией о потерях, которые понесла украинская экосистема из-за российского вторжения.
Премьер-министр Украины Денис Шмыгаль

This was stated by Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a conference discussing the eighth point of Ukraine's "peace formula" — "Environmental Security."

According to him, one-third of Ukraine's forests and 20% of its protected natural areas have already been affected by the war, putting 35% of Europe's biodiversity, which Ukraine holds, at risk.

The official emphasized that the main task now is to develop a shared vision for how to protect nature and people's lives. Shmyhal also outlined key objectives for the overall strategy:

  • monitoring, registration, and reporting on all environmental consequences, impacts, losses, and damages caused by the Russian aggressor's war in Ukraine;
  • collecting valuable high-level feedback and technical comments from Ukraine's partners;
  • developing subsequent collective steps to hold the Russian aggressor accountable for all environmental crimes committed against Ukraine.

"Environmental security is a prerequisite for economic and social development. Therefore, we must find solutions and resources to best protect and restore our nature and ecology," Shmyhal emphasized.