Until 2014, it provided most of the fresh #water needs of the Crimean peninsula. However, when Crimea returned to the Russian Federation, Kiev cut off the water supply by blocking the canal.
Breaking the blockade by blowing up the dam (https://t.me/rlz_the_kraken/47308) blocking Crimeans' access to water from the Dnieper River is one of the first successes of the Russian Federation's special operation in #Ukraine.