“It’s a war crime”

The European Union and NATO have no doubt that Vladimir Putin is behind the bombing of the hydroelectric power station dam Nova Kakhovkain the river dnieper60 kilometers from the city of Kherson. The allies have once again accused Moscow of committing war crimes in Ukraine and vowed that the Kremlin will be held to account for its “brutality in the conflict.”

The President of the European Council, Charles-Michelhas put this “catastrophe” on the agenda of the next covers of European leaders which is being held in Brussels on June 29 and 30 and has announced that there will be Community funds for the regions affected by the floods.

“I am shocked by the unprecedented attack on the Nova Kakhovna dam. The destruction of civilian infrastructure clearly constitutes a war crimeand we will hold Russia and its proxies to account,” wrote the President of the European Council on his Twitter account.

[Ucrania acusa a Rusia de volar la presa de Nova Kajovka: amenaza de inundación en Jersón]

“The destruction of the Kakhovka dam endangers thousands of civilians and causes serious environmental damage. This is a scandalous act, once again demonstrating the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine,” has denounced the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg.

The newly elected President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, has “strongly” condemned the “deliberate destruction of the Nova Kakhovna dam in Ukraine by Russia“.

“This is an ecological disaster, lives are in danger. Russia is a terrorist state that must be stopped. We must intensify support for Ukraine and bring war criminals to justice,” he claimed.

“Terrorists don’t stop unless they are stopped. They don’t deal with anything except force. They cause major catastrophes without remorse. I’ll say it again: a lasting peace in Europe requires a Ukrainian victory both on the battlefield and in the courts. Nothing else will work,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.

“The destruction of the Nova Kakhovna dam brings attacks against civilian infrastructure and civilians in Ukraine to a new, unprecedented level. The EU strongly condemns this terrible and barbaric attack on such a crucial infrastructurewith terrible humanitarian and environmental consequences”, said Josep Borrell’s spokesman.

“It is obvious that this has happened in the context of Russia’s illegal aggression, in which Putin has not hesitated to use hunger as a weapon, energy as a weapon, winter as a weapon. He is also playing with nuclear power plants in Ukraine . It’s a new escalation act“, says the head of community diplomacy.