Donetsk city Uglegorsk and Debaltsevo, which became the site of fierce clashes between militia DND and the security forces, were left Without Water, as a number of settlements, Donetsk region, according to a published statement of the organization " Water of Donbass ".

" Channel Seversky Donets-Donbass (feed water to the city from the river Seversky Donets, - ed) in the area of the 3rd ascent in Gorlovka not working. All 3 threads pressure pipelines damaged by bullets and shrapnel. In the line of fire is Donetsk filtration plant, which is not working Since 14 January. Without Water the population of the Town, Krasnogorovka, yasinovatskiy district, not fully Donetsk and Yasinovataya (about 180 thousand inhabitants). Due to damage on the water there is no Water in Uglegorsk and Debaltsevo, Dzerzhinsk ", - reported in the report of the organization. This "Water of Donbass" emphasizes that " to begin to repair not possible because of the fighting."

Today militia officially announced the capture of the town of Uglegorsk under observation. The city Debaltsevo remains under the control of the security forces, militias his beset and trying to storm.

the organization also emphasize that the Experts still do not have the opportunity to travel to the pumping station of the first lifting Yuzhnodonbasskaya water to restore power lines in the area Yasinovataya due to the ongoing fighting. "" for the same reason, there is no possibility to proceed to the destruction of damaged pipelines Yuzhnodonbasskaya water. Today in the village of Krasny Partizan had found new damage on the water ", - reported in the report " Water of Donbass ".

eventually 650 thousand inhabitants of such cities as Volnovaha, Dokuchayevsk, Ugledar, Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, selydove, miner, Ukrainian, Novogrodovka, beliche not provided with water and heat. In reduced volumes of redundant receive water residents of Donetsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka, Mariupol. Due to the unstable work Novostokavskog water site on the Thorez served 50% of the required amount of Water.

"Every day is an extremely difficult situation With water supply in the settlements located in the area of combat actions, get more complicated," according to the organization.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.
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