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‘There’s No Life Without Water’: Occupied Donetsk Residents Plead for Water Amid Supply Collapse

Summary by The Moscow Times
“There is no life without water, Uncle Vova [President Vladimir Putin]. Help us so we can simply wash, drink and live.” “Please give us the simplest miracle — water in our homes.” Schoolchildren from Russian-annexed Donetsk in eastern Ukraine made these appeals in a video addressed to Putin that circulated online over the weekend.  Residents also asked Putin to “take personal control of the region’s water supply situation” and “punish” those res…

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Tap water only every few days: In the middle of summer drinking water is scarce in Donbass. The main reason is the Ukraine war, because Kiev has turned the rooster off the region.

Children from the Russian-occupied Donbas have recorded a heartbreaking message to Vladimir Putin, asking for one thing – drinking water. In the video, dozens of children describe the daily hardships caused by the long-term lack of water. In cities such as Donetsk, Makiivka and Mariupol, water does not flow for days, and when it does arrive, it is often murky, full of sand and unsuitable for drinking. The situation has reached a point where even…

Occupied Donetsk and Makiivka on the verge of water collapse due to sabotage of orders of militants

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During the offensive, the Russian army destroyed the main water pipeline that brought water to the Donbass from the territory controlled by Kiev.

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junge Welt broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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