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The head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak took an online part in the eve...

To form resistance to climate change, it is necessary to protect against the barbarism of Putin's - Andriy Yermak regime in the west within COP29

The head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak took an online part in the event dedicated to the Peace Formula point on environmental safety. The event was held in the Ukrainian pavilion within the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku. He was moderated by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Grinchuk. According to Andriy Yermak, the number of documented cases of damage to the environment is 2.

5 thousand, 200 environmental military crimes - at the investigation stage. He emphasized separately that Russian aggression also harms food security. “To form a resistance to climate change, it is necessary to protect yourself from the barbarism of Putin's regime. Ukraine stands on the forefront of this struggle. The formula of President Zelensky's peace contains a plan for restoring stability in the world, and the eighth paragraph is especially important for environmental safety, ”he said.

Svetlana Grinchuk stressed that rivers are polluted as a result of Russian aggression, energy and transport infrastructure is being destroyed, and this affects not only Ukraine. “The situation is changing daily, new challenges appear. We met in Helsinki and discussed environmental crimes - how we can counteract this and jointly work out the principles for the restoration of Ukraine, ”she said.

Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Oleksandr Bevz, who also spoke online, said that in the formula of the President of Ukraine, special attention was paid to the environmental consequences of the war.

He specified that, within the framework of the thematic conference on the environmental safety held in Finland, more than 60 countries and international organizations confirmed the support of proper assessment of damage to the environment from Russian aggression, prosecution of those who are guilty of environmental crimes and "green" restoration of Ukraine. “It is important for Ukraine and the world to prevent the environment with the silent victim of this war.