Ukrainian forces have made gains in the Kherson region and are closing in on Nova Kakhovka, where the start of a canal into Crimea is located.
Breakthroughs by Kyiv's forces against Russian troops in the south of Ukraine, near a key point that supplies water for Crimea, have put at risk Moscow's control of the peninsula it annexed in 2014.
This was retweeted by New Voice of Ukraine journalist Euan McDonald, who wrote that Nova Kakhovka was"an important objective as it's at the head of the canal that supplies Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea with lots of its water." As well as having a power station and dam, Nova Kakhovka lies downstream of the source of the start of the North Crimean Canal , which takes fresh water to Crimea. Western officials have said that Ukraine taking control of such a nexus would be a significant development in the war.
She said the canal is seasonal, and flows from March to November, when it's necessary to close the water flow to prevent technical problems.
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