On September 15-17, millions of people around the world protested against the use of fossil fuels. 600 thousand people around the world call for a fast and fair exit from fossil fuels: more than 700 actions in 65 countries were held. We joined the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels to remind that fossil fuels sponsor the deaths of Ukrainians and will kill more people in the next decades through consequences of climate change.
After year and a half of a full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine the world keeps buying russian fossil fuels thus keeps financing both climate crisis and the war. We decided to join the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels campaign to remind that fossil fuels sponsor the deaths our fellow Ukrainians and will kill even more people in the next decades with droughts, floods and extreme weather events caused by climate change.
Research shows that russia earned over 413 billion euro on fossil fuels exports. Those money fund the blood-spilling war in Ukraine. The whole world keeps paying for deaths and suffering of Ukrainians. We call to stop buying russian oil, gas, and coal that sponsor the murderers and to phase-out from all the fossil fuels eventually for the safety of us now and for generations to come.
We asked people from our Community to join the photo action and help us show the damage in other cities.
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- Oleksandr, Kyiv. The historic building in the center of Kyiv was destroyed by russian drone on October 17th, 2022. 4 people died under the rubble including a pregnant woman.
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- Ecoaction`s Community, Horenka. The destroyed house in Hostomel near Kyiv. Last spring the village was occupied by russia for over a month.
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- NGO Eco Bucha, Bucha near Kyiv. One of the most brutal massacres happened here. Over 1400 civillians were killed by russia in this region. Hundreds of them vere tortured before death.
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- Diana, Cherkasy.
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- Nataliia, Kyiv. The building near Lukianivska Metro Station in Kyiv was damaged by a shock wave after russian attack on the city on March 15th, 2022. 5 people were killed by attacks on different districts of Kyiv that day.
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- Yuliia, Kremenchuk. Former Amstor shopping center, that was destroyed by russian rocket on July 27th, 2022. 21 person was killed.
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- Diana, Lozova.
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- Yevheniia, Kharkiv. The historic building and local landmark on Svobody street in Kharkiv was ruined by russia on March 14th, 2022. Two people died under the rubble. More than 5000 residental builldings in the city were ruined or damaged by russia since the beginning of the invasion.
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- Dana, refugee from Mariupol. She can`t take photos in her hometown, because it`s still occupied by russia. The city is destroyed and thousands of it`s residents are killed by russian attack. Hundreds of thousand lost their homes.
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- Zaporizhzhia.
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- Tetiana, Kyiv. Business center damaged by russian attack on October 10th, 2022.
Ecoaction is a civil society organization from Ukraine that works on climate policy, energy transition and sustainable agriculture. For years we’ve been advocating just transition towards clean energy to protect the global climate. Now we keep doing this to protect our lives, too. If you want to support our fight, click the button below.