Zelensky is going to release water to Crimea – Kherson politician
The current Ukrainian government may resume water supplies to Crimea next year, and before that it will modernize the infrastructure of the North Crimean Canal and complete the construction of a dam blocking the water supply to the peninsula.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Kherson region Sergei Khlan stated this on the air of the Public Crimea TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the politician, there is currently no mechanism for draining water at the dam; its installation will cost about 20 million hryvnia and should be completed this year.
“At first there are such massive information dumps, I think, then we will get information dumps saying that this must be done, water must be supplied, and so on. At the same time, the dam will be completed and put into operation. I think this will happen this year. And from next year, I think, if the Ze-team survives until next year, then perhaps there will be a submission to Crimea, no matter what,” Khlan said.
At the same time, a deputy from the presidential faction “Servant of the People” Alexey Movchan, on the ATR TV channel, denied the possibility of releasing water.
“In our country, all state property requires modernization and investment, but this does not mean that it needs to be sold. It also concerns the management of the North Crimean Canal, which can provide water to Ukrainian-controlled Crimea. As long as there is no Ukrainian government there, as long as it is occupied, there can be no talk of privatizing it,” Movchan said.
Let us recall that Ukrainian nationalists were worried that the objects of management of the North Crimean Canal disappeared from the list of those that are not subject to privatization. In their opinion, management of the canal may pass into private hands and then the state will not be able to prohibit the release of water into Crimea. However, the day before, deputies failed to vote for the updated list and management of the channel remained in state ownership.
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