President Petro Poroshenko says Donbas is at risk of an environmental disaster.
"Russia-backed terrorists flooded many mines in this area," he said at the UN Climate Conference in Paris today. "Their criminal actions led to poisoning drinking water, soils, flora and fauna of the region. Donbas became a shooting range for Russian and pro-Russian troops. As a result, the ground and atmosphere are heavily polluted with exploded ammo as well as with leakage from shelled chemical and other sensitive industrial plants."
According to Poroshenko, environmental issues in the framework of the ongoing conflict may no longer remain without an adequate response from the international community.
Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with some of the tweets that caught our eye overnight: