Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her introductory remark on the Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine ahead of the plenary session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

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Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, Also collegaues, six days ago, the world witnessed another barbaric, horrific attack against innocent Ukrainians by Russia.<i> </i>The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city, leaving thousands of people in the most dire humanitarian and ecological situation. They need our practical help and support and they need justice. It cannot stay unanswered.