Fake: Ukraine Deliberately Shuts off Water Supplies to Occupied Luhansk

While Russian media were busy disseminating fake stories claiming that Ukraine had deliberately cut off water supplies to the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) in the east of the country, Ukraine repaired the damaged pumping station that was the cause of the water shutoff. Website screenshot RT Russian media cited the Luhansk water utility Luhanskvoda who announced on March 11 that water supplied from a regional pumping station located on free Ukrainian territory, suddenly stopped without any notice. Lenta.ru reported that “Ukrainian authorities threatened to shut off water supplies because of unpaid bills” and a local separatist site Novorossia news, declared that Ukraine was “conducting genocide against civilians”. Screenshot @mtot_gov_ua Russia Today, Russia’s Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda, Lenta,ru. RIA Novosti, NTV, REN-TV, TVC and other Russian media all ran stories claiming that Ukraine intentionally cut water supplies to the Luhansk occupied

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