Water supply to Crimea from mainland Ukraine will be fully restored only after the complete de-occupation of the peninsula. This position is based on the norms of international law. This was outlined in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, published on September 15.
“We state the fact that under the pretext of “humanitarian need”, the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea do not have enough water to accelerate the development of military facilities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex alongside the population growth as part of a targeted policy of replacing the demographic composition of Crimea”,- the statement said.
The department notes that such actions of the occupying state are a war crime, and their purpose is to populate Ukrainian territories with citizens of the Russian Federation who are loyal to the expansive policy of their state and, thus, to consolidate the illegal occupation.
The Foreign Ministry also added that the supply of water to the population of the temporarily occupied Crimea in accordance with the Convention for the Protection of Civilian Population in Time of War of August 12, 1949 is fully related to the obligations of the occupying state – the Russian Federation.
Any allegations of alleged violation of international law by Ukraine in connection with the cessation of water supply are insignificant from the point of view of international law and, obviously, are intended to “appoint the culprit” for the costs incurred by the Russian Federation for the seventh year as a result of the illegal occupation of Crimea and large-scale militarization of the peninsula, for which Russian taxpayers pay.