No clean water? Russians turn to mine water for Donetsk residents
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The so-called first deputy prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, Andrey Chertkov, announced plans to use mine water to supply the population amid an ongoing water shortage, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD).
New initiative amid the crisis
Representatives of the Russian administration in the Donetsk region have proposed another option to address the water shortage.
It concerns the use of mine water for the population's needs, which is being presented as an innovative approach to overcoming the crisis.
Water safety problems
At the same time, experts note that mine water contains hazardous impurities, including heavy metals, salts, bacteria, and in some cases, radioactive elements.
Although it can theoretically be purified, in practice, such a process requires significant resources and complex technologies.
Past failed attempts
Similar ideas have been voiced before, but none have been implemented. The main reasons remain the high cost of the projects and the lack of necessary expertise for their implementation.
Imitation of solutions
As a result, such initiatives are seen as an attempt to create the appearance of active work. Against this backdrop, the real problems faced by residents of the temporarily occupied territories remain unresolved, despite regular statements about finding a way out of the situation.
The CCD reported that Russian state energy companies Gazprom and Rosneft are involved in taking Ukrainian children to the territory of Russia and attempting to re-educate them.
According to an analysis by Yale University, more than two thousand children from Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions have been moved to camps in Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea.
The CCD reported that the Russian defense industrial complex has faced a significant shortage of warheads for missiles amid regular strikes on chemical plants in the aggressor country.
