# Kyiv faces growing risk of a water crisis this winter

https://mins.news/en/item/106287

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-19 13:13 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-faces-growing-risk-of-a-water-crisis-this-winter/

> Regular Russian strikes on energy facilities have left parts of Kyiv without running water. Because the city’s water and sewage systems depend entirely on electricity, further outages could trigger a serious humanitarian and public health crisis, with wastewater system failures potentially flooding the city.

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