When propaganda replaces policy: Russia’s water crisis in occupied Ukraine

This report analyzes how the Kremlin leverages propaganda and disinformation to mask and politicize acute water shortages across occupied Ukrainian regions (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson), recounting the history of the North Crimean Canal, false engineering promises, legal messaging (ECHR lawsuit), and the humanitarian consequences of scheduled outages, trucked water supplies, and infrastructure damage such as the Kakhovka dam destruction.