Russia and Ukraine clash at Montreal biodiversity summit, as fighting enters its 287th day, with Kiev accusing Moscow of 'ecocide' and Russia complaining Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria conflicts were never discussed at such summits Follow our live coverage👇
Ukrainian soldiers prepare a BM-21 Grad self-propelled multiple rocket launcher near the frontlines in Bakhmut region of Ukraine on December 7, 2022. The Ukraine conflict has cast a shadow over a high-stakes UN summit on biodiversity in Montreal, as Western nations slammed the environmental destruction brought about by Russia's invasion.
Supported by Western allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of "ecocide" and of devastating his country's dolphin population. Russia fired back that the meeting was an inappropriate forum and accused its critics of attempting to sabotage a new global deal for nature. Russian delegate Denis Rebrikov said that conflicts of the recent past — such as those in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Syria — were not brought up at environmental summits, despite the harms done to ecosystems.The risk of nuclear weapons being used in the Ukraine conflict has lessened thanks to international pressure on Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published Thursday.
"One thing has changed for the time being: Russia has stopped threatening to use nuclear weapons. In response to the international community marking a red line," Scholz said in the interview with Germany's
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