> After the Russian annexation of Crimea during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Ukrainian authorities greatly cut the volume of water flowing into Crimea via the canal

> After the Russian annexation of Crimea during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Ukrainian authorities greatly cut the volume of water flowing into Crimea via the canal, citing a huge outstanding debt on water supplies owed by the peninsula. When the Russian government offered to pay the debt, the Ukrainian government refused. This caused the peninsula's agricultural harvest which is heavily dependent on irrigation to fail in 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crimean_Canal#2014_Crimean_crisis_and_after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crimean_Canal#2014_Crime... A video with some narrative around it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqq8clIceys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqq8clIceys