The first phase of the power bridge from the Kuban to the Crimea will be commissioned on December 20, told reporters by energy Minister Alexander Novak.

first it was claimed that the commissioning of the first phase of the power bridge, which will provide an opportunity to give from the mainland to the Peninsula 300-400 MW of capacity, may be held at the end of December.

"The completion of the first phase of the energy bridge across the Kerch Strait - 20th December," said Novak.

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. In the region introduced a state of emergency until full power is restored. The Deputy Chairman of Russian government Dmitry Kozak said that the government will accelerate the construction of energy bridge across the Kerch Strait, and by the beginning of the second half of December, the problem of Crimea's energy supply is greatly reduced.

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