BEHIND THE LINES: Ukraine success in the upcoming offensive will serve to stave off the possible realization of this picture.
The UK's Defense Ministry said flooding disrupted the peninsula’s main source of fresh water, the North Crimean Canal.
Many have been left without adequate drinking water, while many animals have been killed and people have been forced to evacuate from their homes.
"The enemy's goal was to break through our defenses in the most vulnerable, in its opinion, sector of the front," the defense ministry said.