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Russia has achieved at least 1 of its war goals: return Ukraine's water to Crimea

The canal that provided water from mainland Ukraine to Crimea, which Ukraine blocked after Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014, is now reopened and flowing. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Russia has achieved at least 1 of its war goals: return Ukraine's water to Crimea

Access to water for the Crimean Peninsula was one of the issues that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has achieved at least 1 of its war goals: return Ukraine's water to Crimea

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