If the Crimea relies on its own water resources—without Dnipro water from mainland Ukraine—it will only be able to satisfy the needs of less than half the population of the peninsula. Mykhailo Romashchenko, Director of the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation reported this assessment as a national security issue on Ukrainian TV.

"There are 15 reservoirs with a capacity of 450 million cubic meters, which are now filled to about 100 million cubic meters. If we calculate …

Huge obstacles for the work of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, have been created in the Russian Federation. This was stated by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine, Valeriya Lutkovska, while on the air with the ZIK TV channel.

The Ukrainian Ombudsman emphasized that the interference in Muižnieks’ work in Russia began after his last report on the annexed Crimea. “He even had to cancel his last visit because of the conditions he …

The lack of water in the Crimea’s northern regions, where rice was previously grown, has actually destroyed the possibility of developing the area’s agriculture. This was said by the director of Ukraine’s Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS, Mikhailo Romashchenko, while on The Issue of National Security TV program, Krym.Realii reported.

“Today, we have seen a problem of secondary salinization arising in all areas where rice cultivation was developed and where the soil was …