The electricity supply in the Crimea from Ukraine to fully terminated in the night of Monday, the Peninsula has switched to backup power sources, said the acting head of the Republic Sergey Aksenov correspondents.

according to him, off 3 of the 4 lines. Today in Crimea receives only 150 megawatts on one line. Aksenov noticed that the Ukrainian authorities argue disabling renovations and promise to fully restore the supply of electricity to eight o'clock in the evening.

at the same time acting head of the Crimean inclined to think that the real reason is not repairs, but a desire to disrupt the start of the school year." This is another diversion from the leadership of Ukraine, aimed to disrupt the ability of our schools to prepare for the beginning of the school year. This, of course, sneaky, low situation, on the other they are not able, " said Feldman.

He noticed that the power outage was not a surprise for the Crimean authorities." This is the expected process, today the power is restored completely. May be small disruptions in the residential sector, but all critical infrastructure work in regular mode, operate on backup power sources, " said Feldman.

according to him, the backup system will give the opportunity to supply up to 700 megawatts of electricity daily despite the fact that the maximum peak consumption in the Crimea is 800-850 megawatts.

Aksenov assured that the Crimean authorities are able to cope with the problem, however, according to the acting head of the Crimea, such actions of the Ukrainian authorities " are not conducive to friendship and continuing dialogue." Electricity promise to restore up to 20. 00, will not restore - will cope on their own, " he summed up Aksenov.

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