People line up for water at a pumping station in Shchastia in eastern Ukraine. Some have lost running water and have to carry buckets and bottles home. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Politico: Russia’s war on water in Ukraine
Water is becoming increasingly scarce — and an even more powerful weapon in war, scientists warn.
In Russia's war on Ukraine, water is both a target and a weapon.
Just three days after the start of the latest invasion, Russian forces destroyed a dam in Ukraine's Kherson region that had blocked water access to Russian-annexed Crimea.
In Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, Russian soldiers shut off local water supply as part of a brutal siege on the city, leaving the trapped population without access to safe drinking water or sanitation. The city fell into Russian hands earlier this week.
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WNU Editor: A week before the mass surrender of Ukrainian forces at Azovstal in Mariupol the Russian military found the water main that was supplying them water, and they cut it off. It was then only a question of time before they surrendered. Water has always been used in war. The Russia - Ukraine war is no exception.
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