MOSCOW, July 20 meter below the level of the fence, said the former head of the Melitopol district of the Zaporozhye region Andriy Siguta.
“No, it doesn't come in anymore. It (water) is already a meter below the level of the fence,” he said.
The ex-head of the district also said that the Kakhovka reservoir no longer exists: in the territory of the Zaporozhye region it has dried up almost completely, little water remains in the part of the reservoir in the Kherson region, where the mouth of the North Crimean Canal is located. The Dnieper and Konka rivers returned to their former channels.
In May 2014, Ukraine cut off the water supply to Crimea through the North Crimean Canal, which provided 90% of the peninsula's needs. For eight years, residents and enterprises of the region received water only from local sources. In February 2022, during a special operation, the Russian military unblocked the North Crimean Canal, water began to flow to the peninsula again.
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station collapsed, which led to uncontrolled discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir and flooding of the coastal regions of the Kherson region downstream of the Dnieper. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Kiev regime blew up the station, as it weakened its positions in the Kherson direction, transferring troops from there to the offensive area. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov believes that one of the goals of blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is to deprive Crimea of water. , declared in Zaporozhye»>