Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of biggest human-caused environmental disaster in Europe

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday accused Moscow of the biggest human-caused environmental disaster by exploding the Kakhovka HPP dam in Ukraine earlier the day, under control of Russians. 
Addressing the Bucharest summit, Zelenskyy said Russia had mined and then exploded the dam. 

“Unfortunately, for more than a year now, Russia controls both the dam and the entire Kakhovka HPP. It is physically impossible to somehow blow it up from the outside – by bombing. It was mined. It was mined by the Russian occupiers and blown up by them. Russia has detonated a bomb of mass environmental destruction. This is the biggest human-caused environmental disaster in Europe in recent decades,” he said. 

The Kremlin shifted blame for the explosion on Kyiv. However, shortly before, the representatives of the pro-Russian administration claimed that the dam collapsed due to several months of bombing.

Kyiv says at least 150 tons of motor oil was spilled into the Dnieper River, and  there was a risk of more than 300 tons being spilled.

No civilian or military casualties have been reported so far.