“Its water supply, now just a canal running along the Azov Sea, is getting pretty iffy, as Ukraine expands its bridgehead and keeps crossing the Dnipro into Kherson Oblast.”
Wow, didn’t know they legalized drugs there.
I posted several links to non-Putin sources for you. You might try intellectual curiosity. It’s a very potent drug, though not recommended for those suffering from Reality-phobia.
The irrigation canal to Crimea from the Dneiper/Dripro/Dnepr began to be throttled months ago, when the Ukrainians took over the left bank of the Dnipro upon the Russian retreat from the Kherson bridgehead.
And its going to take a very long time to restore it, what with the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. That put an end to water supplies from the river.
Now, Crimea had local water sources, apparently sufficient for domestic needs for its present population. What military effect the shortage of water will have is an open question.