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Crimea to Face Power Shortages for Months, Officials Say Crimea to Face Power Shortages for Months, Officials Say
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MOSCOW — Crimea will experience power shortages until at least May, the Kremlin-appointed government of the region announced after a meeting in Simferopol, the capital, on Thursday.MOSCOW — Crimea will experience power shortages until at least May, the Kremlin-appointed government of the region announced after a meeting in Simferopol, the capital, on Thursday.
A state of emergency was declared in Crimea on Nov. 22 after Ukrainian saboteurs knocked out power lines that supplied the peninsula with electricity from Ukraine. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.A state of emergency was declared in Crimea on Nov. 22 after Ukrainian saboteurs knocked out power lines that supplied the peninsula with electricity from Ukraine. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
The first phase of an “energy bridge” from mainland Russia to Crimea started operation in December, but it was not enough to replace the shortage, and the peninsula stilllacks 30 percent of the electricity it needs, the head of the Crimean branch of Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry, Sergei Shakhov, said at the meeting. The deficit is to be supplied by the second phase of the energy line in May, he added. The first phase of an “energy bridge” from mainland Russia to Crimea started operation in December, but it was not enough to replace the shortage, and the peninsula still lacks 30 percent of the electricity it needs, the head of the Crimean branch of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, Sergei Shakhov, said at the meeting. The deficit is to be supplied by the second phase of the energy line in May, he added.
Local industry has lost 900 million rubles, or about $12 million, because of the power cutoff, Yevgeniya G. Bavykina, the deputy head of the Crimean government appointed by Moscow, said at the meeting.Local industry has lost 900 million rubles, or about $12 million, because of the power cutoff, Yevgeniya G. Bavykina, the deputy head of the Crimean government appointed by Moscow, said at the meeting.
Temporary shelters were set up across the peninsula on Monday because of the power shortage and cold weather, the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.Temporary shelters were set up across the peninsula on Monday because of the power shortage and cold weather, the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.