Republicans were torn apart by “despicable” former Secretary of State John Kerry because he said he hoped Vladimir Putin will continue to help fight climate change as Russian fighter jets, troops and tanks enter Ukraine in total invasion.
President Biden’s envoy for climate said frozen Russian land was “thawing”, Putin’s “infrastructure” was “threatened” and called on the Russian tyrant to “help us stay on track about what we need to do about the climate”. .
“I am concerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine and because of the principles that are at risk with regard to international law and attempts to change the boundaries of international law by force,” Kerry, President Biden’s special envoy for climate, said in an interview with BBC Arabic.
The video came just hours after Russian forces moved into Ukraine from the north, south and east and unleashed devastation in Ukraine. It is not clear when the interview was filmed.
On Thursday afternoon, Russian forces fought for control of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 60 miles north of the capital Kiev, amid fears the battle could damage nuclear waste storage facilities, causing precipitation that could to cover Europe.
Republicans have broken with “disgusting” former Secretary of State John Kerry over hopes that Vladimir Putin will still help fight climate change as Russian fighter jets, troops and tanks enter Ukraine in a total invasion
“I thought we lived in a world that said no to this kind of activity. And I hope diplomacy wins, “Kerry added.
“But the huge consequences of the emissions for the war – but just as important – you will lose people’s focus, you will certainly lose a lot of attention to the country, because they will be diverted and I think this could have a detrimental effect,” he said.
“You know, I think I hope President Putin understands that in the north of his country, they lived in 66 percent of the nation that was over frozen ground.”
“It is now thawing and its infrastructure is under threat,” he added. “And the people of Russia are at risk. And that’s why I hope President Putin helps us stay on track about what we need to do about the climate. ”
GOP members were quick to jump in for Kerry’s comments.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said: “With the outbreak of war in Europe and the increase in casualties, a terrifying look at the ALWAYS politicized priorities of the Biden-Harris administration.”
An injured woman was seen in an air strike in a residential complex outside Kharkov, Ukraine
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said: “With the outbreak of war in Europe and the increase in casualties, a terrifying look at the ALWAYS politicized priorities of the Biden-Harris administration.”
Republican August Pfluger of Texas said: “Putin is killing innocent Ukrainians and John Kerry is asking him to stay on the road to climate change? despised
Republican August Pfluger of Texas said: “Putin is killing innocent Ukrainians and John Kerry is asking him to stay on the road to climate change? Despicable.
“Russian energy is one of the worst for the environment. The Biden administrator’s climate religion has made our world less secure.
Kerry said the focus on climate change was still important during the fierce opposition between Ukraine and Russia earlier this week.
Egypt will host the COP27 climate conference in November, and Kerry said the task this year is to attract more countries to set ambitious climate goals and deliver on the promises made at COP26 in Glasgow.
“We are meeting this morning in Egypt, well aware of other tensions in the world, realizing that there are lives and principles at stake in what is happening to Ukraine today,” Kerry told reporters after meeting with the Egyptian foreign minister. Sameh Shukri.
“But that doesn’t change the reality of what happens every day in our climate. This is a national and international security threat to all of us. “
Egypt and the United States have set up a working group to set priorities for COP27 and support Egypt’s energy transition, Shukri and Kerry said.
Elsewhere, Kiev ordered civilians to go to bomb shelters and announced a curfew amid fears that Russia was on the verge of hitting the Ukrainian capital as Kiev troops lost control of a key airport about 25 miles away. Russian forces attacked him with about two dozen helicopter attackers earlier in the day, four of whom are believed to have been shot down.
“Now they will bomb Kiev. Authorities told us to hide in shelters, a city source told MailOnline, while authorities said a hospital was hit, killing four people.
The Ukrainian army is fighting in almost every region of the country this afternoon, fighting the Russians for control of military bases, airports, cities and ports from Kharkov to Kiev and Donetsk to Odessa.
This came after Vladimir Putin personally ordered an attack at about 5 a.m., firing a volley of missile fire that involved more than 100 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles, and 75 bombers that targeted military sites, including barracks, warehouses and airports, to dismantle the country’s military command structure.
The attack has reached Ukraine on all fronts, with bombs and missiles hitting targets across the country, ground forces targeting Belarus, Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, and paratroopers throwing over Kharkiv
Russian Mi-8 attack helicopters attack Gostomel air base, right on the outskirts of Kiev, after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale attack on the country
A Russian helicopter is shot down somewhere above Kiev (left) as the wreckage of what looks like an airplane falls from the sky near the capital (right)
A huge explosion is observed at the Vinnytsia military base in central Ukraine as the country comes under widespread attack from Russia.
Russian Ka-52 combat helicopter seen in the field after forced landing Kiev, Ukraine