Zelensky asked the UN for help to provide drinking water to Donbass / GORDON



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Ukraine is interested in involving the UN in solving problems related to the Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbass, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a meeting with the UN coordinator Osnat Lubrani.

The United Nations can help Ukraine solve the drinking water problems in Donbas. This was announced on October 24 at a meeting in Kiev with the UN coordinator in Ukraine and on humanitarian issues Osnat Lubrani, reports the website of the head of state.

“We would like you to pay attention to such an important project, which is very difficult for us to take only at the expense of Ukraine’s budget, this is the problem of drinking water for Donbass. I would like to remind you that the company” Water of Donbass “provides everything the Donbass, not only controlled by the government of Ukraine, but also the Donbass which is temporarily occupied, “Zelensky said.

According to him, we are talking both about rebuilding and building a water supply network.

The president noted that Ukraine is interested in actively involving the UN “to overcome the challenges associated with the Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbass.”

“Interlocutors also discussed UN assistance to Ukraine in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, humanitarian support and restoration of Donbass, in particular infrastructure projects,” noted the Office of the President of Ukraine.

In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, and the Russian army and the Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, on the other. The Russian Federation does not officially recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.

The structure of “Donbass Water” includes nine filtering stations, 152 water supply and pumping stations, 24 sewage treatment plants, 74 sewage pumping stations.



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