This is just as stupid as California suing oil companies for 'damaging the environment"?
This is a circumstance of war
The Ukrainian government wants to prosecute Russia for crimes against nature (ecocide) in the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, arguing that Putin‘s forces have deliberately destroyed much of Ukraine’s natural environment since the war began in February last year.
Ukrainians highlight the over 67,000 square miles of the country covered with unexploded mines, rendering vast swaths of territory uninhabitable due to the danger as well as multiple forests across the country that have been deliberately razed or destroyed by the Russian army.
“We’ve been able to demine just 50 hectares out of 11,800 hectares so far… just imagine how many years it will take to clear all the mines,” says Volodymyr Savchenko, an employee at the Holy Mountains National Nature Park in eastern Ukraine.
Scientists are also trying to determine to what extent the soil has been poisoned by bombs, tank debris, and other weaponry as well as the impact the war has had on the country’s wildlife, including boars, deer, foxes, and moose.
“Nature gives us strength and inspiration. Russia’s destruction of our nature is akin to the destruction of Ukrainians… this is ecocide – 100 percent,” argues Ukrainian scientist Ivan Rusev.
However, ecocide is yet to be recognized as a crime in international law and is not incorporated in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Only ten countries consider it to be a crime, such as France, Ecuador, Ukraine, and even Russia.
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