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Ukraine: could Russia be found guilty of war crimes against the environment?

2023-04-14T15:48:22.605Z


INVESTIGATION - Investigations are underway to try to assess the heavy price paid by Ukrainian nature, in the hope that Russia can be found responsible for war crimes against the environment. A first.


Damage estimated at more than 50 billion dollars, a polluted and toxic "legacy" for future generations, more than 3000 hectares of burnt forest, contaminated rivers and poisoned soils... Often forgotten, Ukrainian nature finds itself ravaged by fighting.

So much so that Ukraine accuses Russia of waging war on its "

natural environment"

and intends to obtain compensation to try, once the conflict is over, to heal the many wounds inflicted on its ecosystem.

While the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 17, kyiv does not despair of raising the damage caused to the environment to the rank of war crimes.

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“It should be known above all that the crime of ecocide, i.e. the fact of inflicting serious, widespread or lasting damage to the environment, is not recognized in international law, attacks Marie-Ange

Schellekens from the outset, researcher at the University of La Rochelle, specialist…

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Source: lefigaro

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