Kiev has turned power off to the Crimea for exceeding the limits of consumption
Ukrainian authorities have cut off the Crimea from the power supply because it exceeded the limits of power consumption, said Last news on Wednesday, the press service of the Ministry of energy And coal industry of Ukraine.
before the Minister of fuel And energy of Crimea Sergey Yegorov said that Ukraine fully stopped supplying electricity to the Crimea. In the capital of the Crimea, and similarly in the other cities of the Peninsula, in practice, completely de-energized residential And administrative buildings, lights do not work, rose city electric transport, mobile communications, works very erratically.
" Yes, the power supply to the Crimea And the truth was disabled due to exceeding the limits of consumption. Limit consumption for all regions of Ukraine. And who does not adhere to the is off, " said the press service.
Crimea And Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the referendum in which the majority of residents were in favour of joining the Federation. Just Crimea is home to about 2 million people. According to the FMS, the disclaimer from Russian citizenship filed only 3427 people. Kiev, despite the results of the referendum, still considers the Crimea territory.
From the end of November Ukraine has started emergency shutdown customers due to problems at nuclear power plants, shortage of coal at CHPP And recovery number of facilities. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk ordered to provide exposure to the shutdown occurred on the territory of Ukraine, including control of the Kiev area. As a result, in the Crimea were started a long power outage. Crimea is 70% dependent on the supply of electricity from Ukraine.
first Chapter of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that Ukraine And Russia signed an agreement on the transit of electricity from Russia through the territory of Ukraine in Crimea for uninterrupted supply of the Peninsula.