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OSCE makes progress restoring access to running water in Donetsk region

15 August 2015
  • Every day, SMM Monitors from Donetsk visit Horlivka to observe how the repairs have progressed and to assess the security situation. (OSCE/Cliff Volpe)
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  • Repair worker must also be careful in the area of the pipeline - five anti-tank mines were discovered later neutralized. (OSCE/Cliff Volpe)
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  • The repair team is working to a tight schedule, and only during hours where a local ceasefire, facilitated by the SMM, has been agreed. (OSCE/Cliff Volpe)
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  • Workers from Voda Donbassa carry out repairs across the 2km of damaged water pipeline in “DPR”-controlled Horlivka, 9 July 2015. (OSCE/Cliff Volpe)
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  • SMM monitors speak with a member of the repair team in “DPR”-controlled Horlivka. (OSCE/Cliff Volpe)
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  • SMM monitors from the other side of the Line of Contact, in government-controlled Maiorsk, are present near the pipeline to observe the ceasefire, 16 July 2015. (OSCE)
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Due to shelling in Donetsk region, the main water supplies have been damaged and approximately 2.5 million people are suffering from severe shortages of running water.

This adds another challenge to the daily lives of the local population, including residents of the most populous cities such as Mariupol area, Yenakiieve, Vuhlehirsk and Krasnosarmiisk.