2023-06-07 21:42:31
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized the international aid organizations for their alleged passivity following the flood disaster caused by a dam explosion. “Every dead person is a judgment for the existing international architecture, for international organizations that have forgotten how to save lives,” he said in his daily video address last night. He did not say how many Ukrainians died in the floods.
Thanks to Erdogan and Macron
Instead, he spoke of 2,000 people who had been rescued in the Ukrainian part of the Cherson region, which was particularly hard hit by the floods. However, the situation is difficult in the Russian-occupied part of the area. Selenskyj accused the Russian troops of abandoning the people there – and torpedoing Ukrainian rescue attempts. In this context, he criticized international aid organizations such as the Red Cross, which he believed should be more active in this region.
On the other hand, he thanked for bilateral aid commitments from abroad. He called French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussed concrete offers of help, he said.
Rising water levels expected
After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the Ukrainian authorities expect the water levels in the Kherson region to continue to rise. The water will rise another meter by this morning, spokesman for the Cherson military administration, Olexandr Tolokonnikov, said on Ukrainian television on Wednesday. The dam continues to break. Around 42,000 people are affected, and serious damage to the environment is to be expected. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the disaster.
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