Regarding the water supply to Crimea, Ukrainian policy remains unchanged and as strict as before, despite recent controversial statements of several Ukrainian MPs. In 2014, Ukraine closed the North Crimean Canal that supplied 85% of water to the naturally arid peninsula and has no plans to open it before the Russian occupation is ended.
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Bohdan Ben: Water blockade of Crimea should stay
A picture taken in the Crimea's Kirovsky region on April 27, 2014, shows a man walking on a bridge across the dry Northern Crimean Canal, which supplies the peninsula's water.
