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The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to Ukraine's threats to disrupt the desalination project in Crimea. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to its source in the department.
Recalling the statements of the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba, the interlocutor of the agency compared them with the saying “the dog barks, the caravan is on”. He also stressed that Kiev's threats indicate a non-constructive approach. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities are ready to harm the inhabitants of the peninsula in order to achieve their goals. The representative of the foreign policy department assured that the problem with water supply in Crimea will be solved regardless of the actions of Ukraine.
“The desire to make shit is not the noblest desire, it does not testify to the high moral qualities of our Ukrainian colleagues, who declare so without thinking about the vital needs of the population. Their approach – the worse, the better, it is on their conscience, “- said the source of RIA Novosti.
On December 24, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba promised to disrupt the project to desalinate water for the peninsula. He reacted to the statement of the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov about attracting an international company to introduce water desalination technologies. “We immediately started work and we will definitely find [this company], we will prevent it from implementing this project,” the diplomat said.
According to Aksenov, the contractor is ready to start construction of desalination plants in the region in January. The first desalination plants will supply water to Simferopol and Yalta. The approximate term of work is 14-15 months.
Before the annexation of Crimea to Russia, more than 80 percent of the peninsula's fresh water needs were provided by the North Crimean Canal running from the Dnieper. After the 2014 referendum, Ukraine blocked it. Many reservoirs of the peninsula have become shallow, 2020 has become one of the driest in the last 150 years.
