He says Russia, as an occupying state, is responsible for the situation in Crimea now.
Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas Leonid Kravchuk does not rule out Russia's further invasion of Ukraine over the lack of water in occupied Crimea.
"I think the issue of water for Crimea will become more acute. I think this will be one of the reasons for Russia to advance from there to Ukraine. Kherson, Mariupol – they want to somehow break through this sector to Crimea to provide it with water. This will be one of the reasons for large-scale attacks or Russia's aggressive steps. This probability exists. But they will fail to make Ukraine supply water this way," he told RFE/RL's Ukrainian service in an interview.
"Now I see they want to turn Crimea into a military base, and Crimea has already been incorporated in the system of the Russian Federation, has become one of the districts, so now Russia is responsible for everything. And Ukraine will not supply water to Crimea, because we do not know who will get this water – citizens for irrigation, military plants or someone else. Russia is responsible for everything," Kravchuk added.