Crimea Is On The Verge Of Water Collapse
- 22.10.2025, 19:33
Stocks are running low, the occupiers are panicking.
Temporarily occupied Crimea is once again on the threshold of serious water problem, hourly water supply schedules are already in effect, and reserves in Alushta's reservoirs will supply the city for only 85-90 days. At the same time, the occupation authorities have no plan of action, reports the Ukrainian Center for National Resistance.
Russian occupation officials from the so-called "State Committee for Water Management and Reclamation of Crimea" have actually recognized the critical situation with water supply in Eastern Crimea. The problem is most acute in Alushta, where limited water supplies forced the authorities to introduce hourly supply schedules and reduce pressure in the system to a minimum from October 1.
According to sources in Crimea, the situation has caused panic among local "officials." In Simferopol, they are actively discussing who will be declared "guilty" in case of a large-scale collapse: the leadership of the "state committee" or Aksyonov's administration. Collaborator Aksyonov himself is trying to absolve himself of responsibility, blaming the crisis on the Russian Ministry of Defense, which massively takes water for the needs of military facilities and firing ranges.
In the political circles of the occupants actively discuss the possibility of a new "rotation of personnel" in the Crimean administration, if the situation with the water supply does not improve by the end of the year. At the same time, Alushta officials admit that there is no real plan of action, the supply depends only on precipitation and internal reserves, which are catastrophically lacking.
Local residents are already preparing for the worst. In some areas of Alushta people are forced to draw water from technical sources, and public utilities deliver water by tankers. It is unsuitable for drinking, but there is no alternative.
Experts warn that if the situation does not change by the end of December, Crimea may face a large-scale water crisis for the first time since 2020.