In response to the collapse of a hydroelectric power plant dam and flooding in southern Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting to discuss the response from 6 a.m. on the 7th, Japan time.
At the outset, Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations, expressed a sense of urgency, stating that "the United Nations has not been able to obtain independent information on the circumstances that led to the destruction of the dam," and that "this will be the most serious incident of damage to civilian infrastructure since the invasion of Ukraine began in February last year."
After this, there were a number of opinions from various countries that attacks on civilian infrastructure should be stopped immediately.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Wood said the cause of the dam collapse was under investigation, saying, "This humanitarian crisis would not have existed if Russia had not started a brutal war against Ukraine. called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops.
Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations Kislitsa also strongly condemned Russia, saying, "Russia detonated a bomb that caused the largest man-made disaster in Europe, and it is an act of terrorism against Ukraine's critical infrastructure."
Meanwhile, Russia's ambassador to the UN, Nebenzia, said, "The Ukrainian regime has committed an unthinkable crime, Ukraine and Western countries are spreading false information," and insisted that the UN should conduct an objective investigation, saying that it was the Ukrainian side that destroyed the dam.
White House: "We can't say for sure what happened"
Regarding the cause of the collapse of a dam at a hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine, White House Coordinator for Strategy and Public Relations Kirby said at a press conference on the 6th, "We cannot say definitively what happened at this point, but we are working with the Ukrainian side to gather more information."