Key facts
- Water supply has been cut to parts of Russian-controlled Ukraine's Donetsk region.
- The disruption affects the regional center of Donetsk, Yasynuvata, and parts of Makiivka.
- A Ukrainian strike on energy infrastructure caused a power outage at a water treatment plant.
- Russia claimed four Ukrainian regions as its own in 2022.
Water supply has been cut to parts of Russian-controlled Ukraine's Donetsk region, including the regional center, according to the Interfax news agency. The disruption occurred after a Ukrainian strike on energy infrastructure led to a power outage at a water treatment plant. The affected areas include Donetsk, Yasynuvata, and portions of Makiivka.
Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia claimed in 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russian forces now control over 85% of the region. Moscow has faced persistent challenges with chronic water shortages in the territories it holds.
(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Aidan Lewis)