The Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation lodged in the Crimea, more than 700 thousand " cubes " of drinking water
The Russian military may have served in the Crimea on the pipeline routes over 700 thousand cubic meters of drinking water, said on the first day of the week correspondents Deputy defense Minister army General Dmitry Bulgakov.
before Ukraine was provided to 85% of the needs of the Crimea in fresh water after coming from the Dnieper river in the North-Crimean canal. Most water was used for agriculture. After the annexation of Crimea to Russia water flow in a given channel in the Republic was completely stopped. The problem of water supply in Crimea was not completely resolve After transferring water from the Crimean river Biyuk-Karasu in the North-Crimean canal.
" Division logistics call for a time placed in the Crimea, good job done to maintain drinking water settlements of South-Eastern Crimea. Just today on the Peninsula deployed field pipelines with a total length of about 80 kilometers. All of these pipelines continue to work in the interests of the residents of the Crimea ", - said the Deputy Minister.
the conclusion about the involvement of the departments of logistics to solve this problem adopted in early may, the head of the Ministry of defense General of the army Sergei Shoigu.