Darkness washed over Crimea on Saturday after two pylons carrying power lines to the Black Sea peninsula were blown up, cutting electricity to nearly 2 million people.
“Crimea is completely cut off,” Viktor Plakida, the director of Crimea Energy, told Russia’s Tass news agency. “It’s a blackout.”
The Crimean Emergencies Ministry has declared a state of emergency and put its rescue teams on high alert.
An electronics store employee uses a lamp to show items to potential customers after a power failure, in Simferopol, Crimea, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015.Image: AP Photo/Alexander PolegenkoCrimea was annexed by Russia following Ukraine’s revolution and the ouster of …read more
Source: Mashable
