Pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged power lines leading to Crimea on Monday, keeping the Russian-annexed peninsula starved of electricity for a second day and tensions between Moscow and Kyiv high.
Ethnic Tatars and members of Ukrainian nationalist battalions largely blocked access for engineers to four pylons in Kherson, a region of the Ukrainian mainland controlled by Kyiv, which unknown attackers blew up over the weekend.
“Teams are ready to fix the consequences of the blasts in the course of four days,” said Igor Boska, the regional head of state power supplier Ukrenergo.
“When this can happen depends on the results of talks, …read more
Source: Voice of America
