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According to experts, the European Union needs to impose criminal liability for ...

The EU has called on Russia to be held accountable for an environmental disaster in Ukraine

According to experts, the European Union needs to impose criminal liability for ecocide in order to hold Russia in the future. Yes, hostilities in Ukraine have caused the destruction of large areas of forests, air and water pollution. Ecologists from the European Socio-Economic Committee (Sec) called on the European Union to impose criminal responsibility for an ecocid crime that the Russian Federation has committed during a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is stated in the official statement.

Analysts said the Committee had approved a conclusion about the right to a healthy environment in the EU. This is especially relevant in the context of war in Ukraine. "Sek believes that this will help to hold Russia accountable for its actions in Ukraine and prevent similar environmental disasters in the future," the statement reads.

In addition, the experts from Sek called the European Union to document and evaluate the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine into ecology, so that it is legally protected and to create the foundations for its restoration. In seconds, data that hostilities in Ukraine caused the destruction of large areas of forests, air and water pollution. It is interesting that 35% of Europe accounts for the territory of Ukraine.

The Committee was established in 1957 under the Agreement on the Establishment of the European Community to ensure the interests of different economic and social groups. Members of the socio-economic committee belong to such categories of so-called organized civil society as employers, trade union figures and representatives of different interest groups.

The Committee will give advice from the European Commission and the Council of Europe, which are obliged to consult it on social and economic issues. Earlier, Doctor of Ecology Ivan Rusev, Head of the Research Department of the Tuzlovsky Liman National Park stated that more than a hundred dolphins were killed in April due to the actions of the Russians in the Black Sea.