According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, as a result of forest fires, the burning of petroleum products, and the burning of industrial facilities, the emissions into the atmospheric air for almost 8 months of full-scale war have already exceeded 67 million tons.
Aggressive war and daily shelling cause irreparable damage to Ukraine's ecology. Almost a third of the territory of our country, about 200,000 square kilometers of once fertile chernozems, needs demining.
More than 2.4 million hectares of forests in the de-occupied territories suffered significant damage - they were burned and dug up with trenches. It will take tens of years to restore them.
2,209 deposits of energy resources, metals and minerals are under occupation - they are estimated at 12.7 trillion euros.
The aggressor of the russian federation violates the requirements of Article 35 of the additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949 concerning the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol No. 1) of June 8, 1977 regarding the proper treatment of the environment during hostilities.
I call on the UN Commission to investigate human rights violations during the russian military invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of human rights violations by the russian federation in Ukraine.
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