“At 05.10 Moscow time on December 24, a message came from the OD EDDS of the Crimean region that there was a gust in the main water line in the vicinity of the village of Troitskaya,” RIA Novosti quotes the message of the Ministry of Emergencies in the region.

It is noted that in the disconnection zone were four settlements in the Crimean region, Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik.

A breakthrough site has been discovered, excavation work is ongoing.

It is also reported that 39 tanks are organized for the supply of water to the population.

Previously, more than 160 thousand people were left without water supply due to an accident in the Crimean region of the Krasnodar Territory.