Head of the European Council Charles Michel: Russia will be held accountable for the explosion of Kakhovka HPP
Scholz said that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant is an escalation consistent with Russia's actions in the war
President of the European Council Charles Michel blamed Russia for the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
"I am shocked by the unprecedented attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. The destruction of civilian infrastructure clearly qualifies as a war crime, and we will hold Russia and its proxies accountable," he wrote on his Twitter account.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke about the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
"The destruction of the dam in Kakhovka today puts thousands of civilians at risk and causes serious environmental damage. This is an outrageous act that once again demonstrates the brutality of Russia's war in Ukraine," he tweeted.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was a "new dimension" of the conflict, which, however, "corresponds to the way Putin is waging this war."
"This is one of the many crimes we have seen in Ukraine that have been committed by the Russian military. As part of this method of warfare, they have always targeted civilian objects, cities, villages, hospitals, schools, infrastructure. [...] so there's a new dimension, but it's consistent with the way Putin is waging this war," he said in an interview with WDR.
Russian authorities have not yet commented on the incident. The head of the occupied Nova Kakhovka claims that the hydroelectric power plant was damaged by shelling from Ukraine.
The Kremlin called the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant the result of a planned sabotage and rejected accusations that the Russian military was involved.
Earlier, representatives of the occupation authorities said that the destruction of the dam was due to the regular shelling of the Kakhovka HPP.
Background. The explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant put 80 towns and villages under water, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an online speech at the Bucharest Nine summit.
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