The pumping station of the first rise of the South Donbass water pipeline was in the shelling zone, as a result of which two transformers were damaged.

The escalation in eastern Ukraine continues for the third day in a row / REUTERS

In the Donetsk region , as a result of shelling, transformers at a pumping station were damaged and water supply to almost 50 settlements was interrupted.

As reported on the website of the Water of Donbass utility company, today the pumping station of the first rise of the South Donbass water pipeline was in the shelling zone, as a result of which two transformers were damaged by ammunition.READ ALSO:

Because of this, the water supply to four filter stations, which provided water to 47 settlements, was suspended.

So, the cities of Belozerskoye, Belitskoye, Gornyak, Dobropolye, Mirnograd, Novogrodovka, Pokrovsk, Selydovo, Ukrainka, Volnovakha, Dokuchaevsk, Ugledar, Mariupol, Sartana, Stary Krym, urban-type settlements Aleksandrovka, Vodyanskoye, Vishnevoe, Zhelannoe, Kurakhovka, Svyatogorovka, Gostry, Tsukurino, Novotroitskoye and the villages of Alexandropol, Annovka, Balagan, Bezzabotovka, Grigorovka, Starry, Water, Orlovka, Lastochkino, Promin, Novovodyanoye, Svetloe, Iverskoye, Nikolaevka, Mironovka, Petrovka, Lisovka, Vladimirovka, Zhovtnevoe, Olginskoye, Blagodatnoe , Near, Clear.

“Currently, KP employees are examining damaged equipment to determine the scope of restoration work. Mariupol filtration stations have been transferred to water supply from the Starokrymsky reservoir,” the KP said.

Escalation in Donbas

The escalation in eastern Ukraine continues for the third day in a row. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupiers have violated the “silence” 19 times, as a result of shelling, one Ukrainian defender was killed.

During February 17 and 18, the militants fired more than 100 times at the positions of the JFO, in particular, a kindergarten and a school where children were.

(C)UNIAN 2022