Ministry of defence: power Outage in the Crimea did not affect the combat readiness of the troops
The combat readiness of military units military power of Russia, located in the Crimea, was not violated because of the massive power outage on the Peninsula, told in the press service of the Ministry of defence. " Disabling Ukraine trunk transmission lines supplying power to the Crimea, all the military power of Russia were automatically switched to battery backup power supply " - quoted by TASS letter office." Combat calculations and rescue forces to military units military power of Russia in the Crimea serve as scheduled, " he added in the Ministry of defence. Before Wednesday, the Minister of fuel and energy of the Republic Sergey Yegorov said that the Ukrainian authorities in himself is disconnected from the power supply of the whole Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine later restored electricity to the Peninsula and demanded not to violate the constraints of power consumption. At the same time the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov called the event on Wednesday disabling Ukraine electricity in the Republic " enemy sabotage ". Recall, Ukraine has developed the supercritical situation due to electricity shortages. December 21, due to insufficient power generation in Ukraine and restore power lines in the Crimea entered the charts rolling blackouts. Last week, the Acting Head of the Sevastopol Sergey meniailo said that Crimea and Sevastopol will be completely independent from the energy of Ukraine in 2017.