About 2, 5 million people were left Without electricity in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol after the cessation of the supply of electric power from the integrated grid of Ukraine, informs the Ministry of emergency situations of Russia.

before the Ministry of energy reported that in the Crimea and Sevastopol as of 13. 00 Sunday Without light remained 1, 6 million people and nearly five hundred of socially significant objects.

"Without power supply there was 1020 of settlements with a population of more than 1, 96 million people in the Republic of Crimea and more than 390 thousand people in Sevastopol ", - is informed in the report "emergency" Department.

The Crimea in the night of Sunday was completely de-energized because of the erosion in the South Ukraine transmission towers supplying electricity to the Peninsula. According to the information of EMERCOM of Russia, over the supply of electricity from the integrated grid of Ukraine for the Crimean outlet on interstate line VL-330 kV " Melitopol-Dzhankoy and Kakhovka-Ostrovskaya ".

in the region introduced a state of emergency until full power is restored. Important infrastructure and social facilities of Crimea after the cessation of supplies from Ukraine were connected to emergency power sources, and among them generators.

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