Greenpeace has opened a new office in Kyiv to boost its focus on promoting green projects in the reconstruction of Ukraine as well as to research environmental crimes stemming from Russia's invasion, the environmentalist organization said.
The group said it will also monitor security concerns and radiation levels around Ukrainian nuclear plants, which have occasionally been the scene of fighting since the full-scale assault of February 2022. It didn't say how many people will work at the office.
“Over the next few years we expect billions of euros to be invested in reconstruction in Ukraine by the European Union and beyond," said Alexander Egit, Executive Director of Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe, the branch opening the Kyiv office.
"We want to make sure Ukraine will be rebuilt in a greener and more resilient way and for this work Greenpeace’s strict financial independence from state or corporate funding is a key prerequisite," he said. "Our goal is to support reconstruction with decentralised renewable energy for an independent, modern and green Ukraine – now and after the war.”
Since the Russian full-scale invasion, Greenpeace offices in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria carried out work in Ukraine, documenting the war’s environmental damage, including the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
