KYIV – On the first day after his appointment as Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal mentioned the possibility of renewing the water supply from mainland Ukraine to the occupied Crimean peninsula. He was speaking on the “Right to Power” program on the 1+1 television channel on the evening of March 5.
“The issue of supplying water to occupied Crimea is not a matter of trade with the invader. It is not a matter of business. It is a matter of humanitarian responsibility before people who live in Crimea. Failure to supply water will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe... We won’t turn the water off at the mainline... We cannot stop giving water to Ukrainians,” Mr. Shmyhal said.