Zelensky “greatly surprised” by way of loss of worldwide resource after dam destruction

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky is “stunned” that the United Nations and the Red Cross aren't on website online to offer humanitarian useful resource after the destruction of the dam in the metropolis of Nova Kakhovka. He says the floods have precipitated a serious crisis.

“The United Nations and the representatives of the Red Cross are not here. After all these hours, they're nevertheless not there,” he says in an interview broadcast by using the German media Welt TV and Bild. “These are the groups that need to be there to store lives.”

The Ukrainian president says the floods have additionally claimed human lives. “People and animals have died. From the roofs of flooded homes, humans watch the drowned humans flow via.” He additionally lashed out at the Russian troops on the south bank of the Dnieper River. “When our soldiers attempt to rescue human beings, they may be shot at from a distance by means of the occupiers.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has introduced that he'll chair a assembly of the NATO-Ukraine committee on Thursday following the destruction of the dam. Dmitro Cooleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister, will also participate in the talks through videoconference.