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“We estimate one of the Russian scenarios could be an amphibious and air assault from occupied Crimea to seize water supply facilities in south Ukraine to provide water to Crimea.”
There has been a water crisis in Crimea since Russia illegally occupied the peninsula in 2014.
For the last several months, cities in the Russian-occupied Crimea have been rationing their water, reports have said.
For most of the region, locals are can only get water for six hours a day - three hours in the morning and three in the evening.
The crisis dates back to 2014 when Ukrainian authorities blocked the North Crimean Canal which had been supplying over 85 per cent of the region s water.
By Published April 20. Updated April 20 at 10:01 am A picture shows Head of the Mejlis
Refat Chubarov speaks as he attends a rally to commemorate 72 years since Crimean Tatar deportation on Maidan Nezalezhnosti on May 18, 2016. Photo by
Volodymyr Petrov
The trial of the Head of the Mejlis Refat Chubarov or representative assembly of the Crimean Tatar people is ending in Crimea.
What remains unclear – is why Russia chose to stage a near-exact remake of its internationally condemned trial of Chubarov’s deputy, Akhtem Chiygoz. The circumstances around that trial, as well as details it brought to light about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, were already incriminating enough. The remake is even worse since another grotesque charge has been added, linked solely to Chubarov’s expressed opposition to Russian occupation. It has, moreover, been running in parallel to an equ
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Russia fires cruise missiles in Black Sea & moves dozens of fighter jets to border as Putin ‘strangles’ Ukraine
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Updated: 20 Apr 2021, 18:03
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A NEW video shows Russian frigate Admiral Essen launching multiple cruise missiles in the Black Sea as Vladimir Putin defies Western demands to ease tensions with Ukraine.
It comes as new satellite images show Russia s expanding military line-up near Ukraine, with Su-30 fighters lined up on a runway in Crimea which were not there last month.
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Satellite image show Russia s expanding Ukraine build-up, including Su-30 fighters lined up on a runway which were not there last monthCredit: Maxar Technology
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Russians gear up for new Cold War as 1,800 brave skiers strip to bikinis and swim shorts on snowy Siberia slopes
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With international tensions running high, Russians are proving they are ready and fit for a new Cold War.
Some 1,772 hardy souls stripped off to bikinis and swim shorts for a downhill race in icy Siberia.
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Some 1,772 hardy souls stripped off to bikinis and swim shorts for a downhill race in icy SiberiaCredit: Instagram
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They braved almost freezing rain in a temperature of just above zero as they gathered at winter resort SheregeshCredit: Alexander Oshchepkov