Maria Shamota 🚀☀️🌎

Overnight, Russia launched an attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, damaging power generation, transmission and distribution systems in various regions, including Ukraine's largest hydroelectric power plant, the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant in Zaporizhzhia. Many towns and cities were partially or completely cut off from electricity. Seems that Russians not had enough of the terrible disaster at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant last year. Ukraine needs weapons and air defense against Russian terrorism and genocide.

500 days of full-scale war and unwavering fighting for life. Thousands of human tragedies and millions of brave hearts beating as one. Over 27,000 of air raid alerts, 1,600 settlements liberated and one day closer. Closer to victory over the aggressor, Russia.

The June 6 collapse of a major dam in Nova Kakhovka has unleashed profound concerns as the waters from the Dnipro River gush across southern Ukraine. We are actively assessing flood extent in this area, and will publish results as they become available. SAR: @umbraspace

❗️The undermining of the Kakhovska HPP dam is not only one of the biggest ecological and humanitarian disasters in the east of Europe that led to the flooding of vast territories and many settlements, but is in fact the biggest crime against food security in the world. The Kakhov reservoir was the heart of one of the largest irrigation systems in Europe. It was the southern regions of Ukraine that supplied the countries of the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe with wheat, corn, sunflower and sunflower oil, soybeans and soybean meal. We call on everyone who cares about the fate of our planet and the environment, who declares their status as environmentalists and defines nature protection activities as their goals — to take all possible measures in order to record these violations, bring the culprits to justice, and make it impossible to commit such barbarism in the future. @IUCN @ConservationOrg @nature_org @FoEint @earthwatch_org @TheWSC @SierraClub @EnvDefenseFund @NRDC @globalwild_cc @WorldResources @conservationall @CenterForBioDiv @ifawglobal @earthjustice @UCSUSA @savingoceans @earthisland @intlrivers @oceana @FaunaFloraInt @EIA_News @theGEF @wspa @UNESCO The world and our planet will face catastrophic consequences if you choose inaction!

These are images from the town of Sadove in Kherson, where water is rising fast due to Russia blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam. People are rescuing pets on boats. The Ukrainian government is asking people to make sure no animals are tied up. But I fear many will not make it…

Russia blew up Kakhovska HPP that is on the Dnipro River. This is an act of terrorism and a global threat, the consequences of these actions could be colossal and unpredictable.

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