Donetsk, the Water Crisis in the Russian-Occupied Region: 'Forced to Collect Rain in Buckets to Be Able to Drink'

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There are also no supplies for washing. The exchange of accusations: for Moscow, Ukraine has interrupted supplies, for Kiev, the few resources are used mainly for the army and officials

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Russian-occupied Donetsk and Mariupol are suffering from a severe water shortage. Water supplies are inadequate, often of poor quality, and the situation is not being alleviated by the drying up of water reservoirs in the Donetsk region. The Russian Don–Donbas water pipeline was supposed to help, but it failed to meet expectations, and a key participant in the project was arrested for accepting bribes, including from the company that built the p…

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"There is no life without water, Uncle Vova. Help us wash, drink and live," a Donetsk schoolboy says in the video. "Please give us the simplest miracle - water in our homes," says another child. Tap water in Donetsk runs for only a few hours every few days, is often cloudy and undrinkable. Entire neighborhoods have resorted to various tactics to survive: bringing water in buckets and collecting rainwater. "We have only had water for four hours i…