DPR Head Pushilin tells Putin occupied Donetsk’s water crisis persists amid shortage of specialists

DPR Head Pushilin tells Putin occupied Donetsk’s water crisis persists amid shortage of specialists

The absence of water is wearing out utility networks in Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk even faster, Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR), said in a briefing to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Around 230 emergency crews are working to fix breakdowns in occupied cities, roughly half of them brought in from Russia, he said. About 700 specialists have arrived from so-called “patron cities,” Pushilin clai…