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Russia’s next war crime: After a winter of blackouts, Ukraine braces for summer water outages

Even as warmer weather reduces the disruptive impact of blackouts and lowers heating demand, Ukrainian officials and utility experts warn that Russia may be shifting its focus to a new pressure point: the country’s water infrastructure. That warning is now being echoed by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, HUR, which told the Kyiv Independent that "the selection of targets by the adversary is driven, among other factors, by a decrease in electricity consumption associated with the end of t

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Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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