UKRAINE CRISIS: DONETSK WITHOUT WATER AFTER SHELLING (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 11:49

Residents in large areas of rebel-held Donetsk were left without water after power supplies to a filtration plant were hit by shelling, according to the city's independent mayor.

Areas of the city centre still had some water, though supplies to the rest of Donetsk had been cut, he said.

The news came after Ukraine ordered the withdrawal of all state services from rebel-held areas.

More than 4,000 people have died in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

In a statement on his website, Donetsk Mayor Olexander Lukyanchenko said that engineers were using a negotiated "safety corridor" to try to repair the power supplies to the filtration plant.

The repair work was due to be finished by 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday, he added.

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