Alaska Argument: How Putin uses problems with water supply Donetsk and Crimea in talks with Trump

The Russians invaded the Donbas, killed communal infrastructure, destroyed the mine drainage system, destroyed equipment, pipes and channel "Donets-Donbas", suffered all reserve containers (reservoirs). A direct consequence was a sharp deterioration of the situation with water in the occupied part of Donetsk region, in particular in Donetsk itself, which turns into cloaca. Despite the degradation of the industry and the escape of the population, the water deficit is increasing.

Moscow tried to partially solve this problem through the construction of the Don-Donbas Waterway. But something went wrong. One thread of a water waters of two was simply stolen. Now in Donetsk, bottled water is being sold massively, which is produced by someone who needs factories. In general, in a city that recently adopted the matches of the euro and the Champions League, concerts of the top level, the details of the movie "Crazy Max" were implemented in detail.

Naturally, Rospropaganda accuses Ukraine. Not Putin? And the thesis is shown: in order to resuscitate the water supply system of Donetsk region, it is necessary to capture Slavyansk and leakage of the Donets-Donbas channel near Raygorod. Then everything will be restored and life will be better! The Russians use the argument of water and the "humanitarian crisis" in real-political conversations with foreign partners. Like, we need a little bit of the territory, and then a dialogue is possible.

First, nothing will work. In parallel with the resuscitation of the channel, pumping stations, huge investments in the municipal sphere, conservation of killed mines and more are required. What will not be consciously. Secondly, this channel does not work on its own. In order to maintain the water level in the Siverskyi Dinka, the Dnipro-North Donets, which includes two large reservoirs in the Kharkiv region-Krasnopavlovsk and Orilsk, was built in order to meet the needs of Donbass.

And part of the watercourse takes place almost along the border of Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions. That is, for guaranteed water supply, it is necessary to monitor this path. Which leads to a natural question. If you look through the prism of "water" logic, what is the motivation of the Kremlin to stop and not try to capture the southern third of the Kharkiv region and the entire left bank of Dnipropetrovsk? No. Slavic will not be technically not enough for them.

Thus, the perception of the "water" logic of the Kremlin is a direct incitement to the continuation of war and territorial seizures. If partners do not want to delay the war for years, no arguments "for the water" should not even listen. 2. At the same time there is a problem of water in the Crimea and in the occupied part of the Kherson region (Zaporizhzhya a little less). The dams were blown up. The channels have been killed.

Theoretically to supply water from the Dnieper to the Crimea without a dam with the help of pumping stations, so that it continues to go to the peninsula, and there again the pumps/pipes are very expensive and problematic due to insufficient amount of water in the Dnieper. The dam is years. Population growth in Crimea and predatory use of underground water resources created a cascade of problems that do not simply solve money and technologies - it will take a lot of time.

Scientists predict several arid years, which will make the situation further aggravated . . . Together. There are no magical solutions to water problems. Wine - exclusively on the Russians. Even at best, it's years and huge money. A prerequisite for the theoretical start of working with these problems is a stable peace and comprehensive involvement of Ukraine. What even theoretically will not be without reliable mechanisms for prevention of aggression. That is, weapons and military alliances.