High-voltage transmission line " Kakhovka ? Titan ", supplying electricity to the Crimea, launched in the night of Tuesday, said the press service of the Kherson regional state administration.
"Today, about 01. Fifteen nights with the consent of the participants energy and food blockade of the Crimea to electrical energy connected to the line VL 220 kV "Kakhovka ? Titan", - has declared in a press-service, RIA " Novosti ".
along with this organization "Ukrenergo" commented that At this time the supply of electricity to the Peninsula has the ability to be limited. On the first day of the week in the evening, the staff Ukrenergo has completed repairs on the transmission line "Kakhovka ? Titan" and told about the readiness again to start the supply of electricity to Crimea. On Sunday the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the supply of electricity in the Crimea will be started again in the near future along the lines of "Kakhovka ? Titan" power of 220?250 MW. However, the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that the Peninsula is now completely cut off from Ukraine and will not resume contact with it, even if Kiev decides to start the flow of electricity. For its part the Vice-Premier of the Crimean government Ruslan Balbec said that the words of the Ukrainian side about the restoration of Crimea's energy supply are not sincere, they rely not worth it. Recall, 22 November the Ukrainian extremists with the connivance of the authorities staged energoblok of Crimea by blowing up power transmission towers supplying electricity to the Peninsula. The Crimea for a week and a half remained without electricity. On 3 December, with the assistance of President Vladimir Putin has been ahead of time launched the first phase of power bridge to Crimea with the Russian mainland. As long as the Peninsula gets a little more than fifty percent of the required number of energy. 5 December the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that the launch of the second leg of the first stage of the power bridge from Krasnodar Krai to the Crimea is expected before the above deadlines.

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