Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with Kremlin head Vladimir Putin on June 7.
About it reported Twitter Office of the President of Turkey.
It is noted that the politicians discussed “events in the Russian-Ukrainian war.”
In particular, Erdogan told Putin that it is important that a comprehensive investigation into the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam “be carried out in such a way that there is no room for doubt.”
“President Erdogan said that a commission could be established with the participation of Russian and Ukrainian experts, the United Nations and the international community, including Turkey, and that Turkey is ready to do its bit in this context,” the statement said.
Erdogan also noted that he sees the benefit in continuing consultations with the UN to remove obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizers.
In turn, Putin, in a conversation with Erdogan, accused Ukraine of allegedly undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, his quotes Telegram channel of the Kremlin.
Erdogan’s telephone conversation with Putin took place after the talks between the President of Turkey and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
In particular, Zelensky told Erdogan about the humanitarian and environmental consequences of the Russian terrorist attack at the Kakhovskaya HPP, including the risks for the ZNPP in Energodar.
Erdogan, during the conversation, suggested that Zelensky create a commission to investigate the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, briefed in the Office of the Turkish Head of State on Twitter.
On the morning of June 6, OK “South” of the Ukrainian defense forces reported that the Russians had blown up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. According to Ukrhydroenergo, as a result of the explosion of the engine room from the inside, the Kakhovskaya HPP was completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
According to the Kherson OVA, about 80 settlements may be flooded as a result of a man-made disaster. The area has been evacuated.
Zelensky said that the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is the biggest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades. According to the Office of the President, as a result of the explosion, at least 150 tons of engine oil got into the Dnieper, there is a risk of further leakage of more than 300 tons.
In the Kherson OVA on the morning of June 7, they said that the intensity of flooding is falling, but the water will still come. At that time, 1852 houses on the right-bank part of the region were flooded, 1457 people were evacuated.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said on June 7 that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was blown up on instructions from the Kremlin, from Putin’s office.
2023-06-07 14:13:14
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