Russia's claim of emissions in Ukraine regions draws protests at COP29

We see that Russia is using international platforms to legalise their actions, to legalise their occupation of our territory,

Ukraine’s deputy environment minister Olga Yukhymchuk told Reuters

It will bring us to a point that we do not achieve any of our goals if we don’t have proper reporting under the Paris Agreement,

she said

Claiming emissions is perhaps not illegal - but claiming emissions as if they were from their own territory, while they are in fact generated on another country's territory, is a unilateral declaration in violation of the international legal status of that territory,

Voigt said

I think that is a sign of the times,

said Reisch on the sidelines of the COP29 summit

This would indeed be an illegal appropriation of a good belonging to the other state,

she said

Maria Zakharovarussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

We are open to negotiations, we are ready to consider any realistic, non-politicized initiative – of course,

Zakharova said