The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, the "curator" of occupied Crimea, Marat Khusnullin, announced this at a presentation posted on his Instagram page.

"Low-mineralized water has been found, which is conditionally drinkable(suitable for use for technical purposes: irrigation, heating, and cooling systems). If the necessary water treatment is available, the water can be used as drinking water", - the document reads.

According to the text, the search for drinking water in the Sea of ​​Azov continues.

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What is known

• In January 2020, Husnullin was appointed "curator" of Crimea. Previously, these duties were performed by former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.
• On March 18, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that the Russians wanted to drill wells in the Sea of ​​Azov.
• According to Acting Mykhailo Yatsiuk, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, it is theoretically possible to drill the bottom of the Sea of ​​Azov to get water from there. But it is not known if there is water there. In addition, it is a threat to the ecosystem and aquatic living organisms. Statements that drilling wells will solve all the problems of Crimea are nonsense.
• At the end of July 2021, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin, said that experts had extracted the first batch of freshwater for Crimea from springs under the Sea of Azov but still had to check its quality.
• The occupation head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, argued that the water found under the Sea of Azov was unsuitable for the water supply networks of Crimea due to its high mineralization.

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