Ukraine: How War Is Making Water a Scarce Resource in Eastern Ukraine

Apr 22, 2021 | Emil Filtenborg and Stefan Weichert, Euronews
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There are around 12,000 kilometres of pipes near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, supplying water to about 3.8 million people from Sloviansk in the north to Mariupol in the south, 270 kilometres away. Some villages like Orlovske are disconnected from that water system, but the war makes the water supply problematic for all cities near the frontline.