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This is to inform you of two very serious security incidents that have affected water infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, the last 24 hours. Firstly, yesterday 5th May 2021 at 8.45 pm local time, there was a major incident at the Northern Pumping Station of Donetsk City, where a building wall received a direct hit by an exploding military projectile. According to the de-facto JCCC in Donetsk and the local water company GPVD, damage was not as great as first feared. However, three additional shells also reportedly fell within the grounds of the pumping station, making four direct hits in total. Although no one was killed or injured this is an extremely serious incident. All pumps were stopped, and staff evacuated. Treated water was stopped for residents of some parts of the city of Donetsk, and restarted this morning at 7 am. Luckily the clean water reservoir at this location was also undamaged.
WASH Cluster Incident Report №281, 06/05/2021
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Shell strike hits Clean Water Pumping Station in Eastern Ukraine
This is to inform you of two very serious security incidents that have affected water infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, the last 24 hours. Firstly, yesterday 5th May 2021 at 8.45 pm local time, there was a major incident at the Northern Pumping Station of Donetsk City, where a building wall received a direct hit by an exploding military projectile. According to the de-facto JCCC in Donetsk and the local water company GPVD, damage was not as great as first feared. However, three additional shells also reportedly fell within the grounds of the pumping station, making four direct hits in total. Although no one was killed or injured this is an extremely serious incident. All pumps were stopped, and staff evacuated. Treated water was stopped for residents of some parts of the city of Donetsk, and restarted this morning at 7 am. Luckily the clean water reservoir at th