#StopEcocideUkraine campaign will hold worldwide rallies against Russia's environmental crimes in Ukraine
On International Earth Day, overseas Ukrainian communities and foreigners worldwide will unite to launch a global campaign, #StopEcocideUkraine, as part of the EcoUnity For Ukraine movement.
Rubryka reports that on April 21-23, people from all six continents will form a living chain of unity to draw attention to the environmental crimes committed by Russia during its war against Ukraine.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has recorded more than 2,340 facts of Russian damage to the environment since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Russian forces illegally occupy 495,000 hectares of Ukrainian forests, and 2.4 million hectares are currently deoccupied and need restoration. Due to the war, 20% of nature conservation areas were affected.
The wheat field caught fire after the Russian shelling. Photo: Ihor Lutsenko.
Over 23,000 tons of greenhouse gases entered the atmosphere due to fires caused by Russian shelling.
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The hostilities affected 600 species of animals and 750 species of plants and mushrooms, and 120 dolphins died in the Ukrainian part of the Black Sea.
Photo: Associated Press
The initiator of the EcoUnity For Ukraine rally is the UAnimals national humanist movement and animal rights organization.
Partners coordinated the #StopEcocideUkraine campaign:
Three organizations have joined forces to try to involve the whole world in the fight against Russia's environmental terrorism against Ukraine. Ukrainian artist Andrii Yermolenko, who prepared thematic posters, also joined the campaign.
Photo: Andrii Yermolenko
On the occasion of International Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22, people worldwide will come together in a living chain of unity.
The action will cover all six continents: Eurasia, North and South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
Photo: ANASTASIA VLASOVA_GETTY IMAGES
"Environmental crimes that the Russians are committing right now on the territory of Ukraine is a global problem, the damage of which future generations can feel all over the world," says Oleksandr Todorchuk, UAnimals founder. "On Earth Day, residents of London and Paris, Los Angeles and Yokkaichi, Sydney, and Nairobi, even Ukrainian polar explorers from the Vernadsky polar station in Antarctica, will join hands to protest the terrorist country that destroys all living things in its path."
Oleksandr Todorchuk adds that the EcoUnity For Ukraine action is also a call from the world to international institutions that should hold Russians accountable for environmental crimes against humanity and the environment.
"Due to Russian aggression, today we are losing our natural resources — forests, steppes, seas, and the animals and plants that live there," CAU representatives note. "Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is leading to climate change, and the environmental damage is already measured in a trillion hryvnias. Our nature will feel this war's consequences and effects for decades to come. We call on the world to immediately condemn the Kremlin's environmental crimes and stop the racist ecocide!"
Photo: Associated Press
Find out how to join the campaign here: https://uanimals.org/novyny/ecounity/
Countries, cities, and dates of the EcoUnity For Ukraine campaign:
- Germany, Augsburg, 21.04
- Australia, Sydney, 22.04
- Austria, Salzburg, 22.04
- Finland, Pori, 22.04
- France, Paris, 22.04
- France, Grenoble, 22.04
- France, Nantes, 22.04
- Germany, Göttingen, 22.04
- Germany, Jena, 22.04
- Germany, Munich, 22.04
- Germany, Stuttgart, 22.04
- Italy, Milan, 22.04
- Italy, Pavia, 22.04
- Lithuania, Vilnius, 22.04
- Moldova, Chisinau, 22.04
- Montenegro, Cetinje, 22.04
- Poland, Krakow 04.22
- Portugal, Lisbon, 22.04
- Romania, Bucharest, 22.04
- Slovakia, Bratislava, 22.04
- Spain, Alicante, 22.04
- Spain, Barcelona, 22.04
- Spain, Calpe, 22.04
- Spain, Playa de Aro, 22.04
- Sweden, Linköping, 22.04
- Switzerland, Geneva, 22.04
- Switzerland, Zurich, 22.04
- Great Britain, Inverness, 22.04
- Great Britain, London, 22.04
- Great Britain, Sheffield, 22.04
- Kenya, Nairobi, 22.04
- Japan, Yokkaichi, 22.04
- Antarctica, Vernadsky station, 22.04
- USA, Austin, 22.04
- USA, Greenville, 22.04
- USA, Los Angeles, 23.04
- Czech Republic, Brno, 23.04
- Norway, Oslo, 23.04
- Finland, Helsinki, 23.04
- Germany, Cottbus, 23.04
- Germany, Hamburg, 29.04
- Ecuador, Galapagos Islands 04.22
Reference
UAnimals is a national humanist movement and human rights organization that has existed since 2016 and promotes the humane treatment of animals and protects them from exploitation and abuse.
During the seven years of activity, the movement achieved the adoption of important animal protection laws in Ukraine. It reached a ban on the exploitation of animals in circuses in about 30 Ukrainian cities.
In 2017, the UAnimals team held the first All-Ukrainian march for animal rights, which gathered more than 5,000 people and became the largest animal rights event in Eastern Europe.
From February 24, 2022, the movement focused on rescuing animals in war zones and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In February 2023, the UAnimals team awarded the first All-Ukrainian animal welfare award to twenty zoo activists who saved the lives of animals during Russia's war.
The Community Army of Ukraine (CAU) is a public organization that unites the Ukrainian community abroad for the fastest possible victory of Ukraine.
KLYCH is a community for creators of actions and large-scale events supporting Ukraine worldwide.
Support UAnimals:
Website of the movement: https://uanimals.org/how-to-help/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uanimals
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