BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed shock at what he stated was the failure of the United Nations and the Pink Cross to assist after the destruction of the large Kakhovka dam as his prime minister referred to as for support from worldwide businesses.

Though the disaster occurred many hours in the past, “they are not right here”, Zelenskiy informed German newspapers Bild and Die Welt and in addition Politico. “We’ve had no response. I’m shocked.”

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged worldwide humanitarian organisations to offer pressing help.

“The Russian occupiers do not even make an effort to assist these individuals, they’ve left them to perish,” Denys Shmyhal stated in English in a video posted on Telegram.

“We enchantment to you to take cost of evacuating individuals from the territory of Kherson oblast occupied by Russia. We should save the lives of individuals whom the occupiers have condemned to dying.”

In his interview, Zelenskiy stated Russian troopers have been taking pictures from a distance whereas rescue makes an attempt have been in progress.

“As quickly as our helpers attempt to save them, they’re shot at,” he was quoted as saying.

Zelenskiy later stated on Telegram he had spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron concerning the environmental and humanitarian state of affairs within the Kherson area.

“I laid out Ukraine’s common wants in coping with the catastrophe. And we mentioned the potential of involving worldwide mechanisms to research its causes,” the president stated.

“And I mentioned the potential of the IAEA (U.N. nuclear watchdog) and (its chief) Rafael Grossi strengthening management over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant,” he stated.

A big cooling pond for the facility plant above the reservoir of the burst dam is full and has sufficient water for a number of months, the IAEA stated on Tuesday.