Crimea explosion leaves millions without power
In retaliation for Kyiv’s unwillingness to step into action, Novak threatened to also halt coal deliveries to Ukraine.
A survey conducted November 13-16 by the Levada Center, an independent Russian pollster, saw 87 percent of respondents say Crimea should be part of Russia, as compared with 73 percent in August this year, the Kommersant newspaper reported Monday. “Every Russian embargo against Ukraine will be followed by a Ukrainian embargo against Russia”. “It’s a demonstration that we also have trump cards”.
“Teams are ready to fix the consequences of the blasts in the course of four days”, said Igor Boska, the regional head of Ukrenergo, the national power supply company.
The Russian parliament voted overwhelmingly in March 2014 to annex the largely Russian-speaking Crimea, just weeks after pro-Western Ukrainian protests in Kyiv forced Russia-leaning President Viktor Yanukovych from office.
Last week the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe warned the ceasefire in the east was “very shaky”, with both sides regularly using artillery despite promises to withdraw heavy weapons from the frontline.
It is still not clear exactly how the pylons were damaged in Kherson, a Ukrainian region adjacent to Crimea.
The move by Russian Federation was met with global condemnation and sanctions against Russian Federation. “The other pylons are under our control and access is closed”.
After meeting with foreign ministers of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Poroshenko echoed the demands of the Tartar protesters, saying the global community should work to release arrested activists, restore Crimean Tatar broadcasts, and reverse the exile of Tatar leaders.
Crimea on Sunday declared a state of emergency after an explosion Saturday in Ukraine’s Kherson region bordering the peninsula cut the two working power lines heading to the territory, leaving some 1.6 million people without electricity. But Sergei Aksyonov, Russia’s hand-picked prime minister for Crimea, denounced the blackout as a “terrorist act” adding that “Nobody will be allowed to blackmail us in order to solve any issues”.
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Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov suggested today that the government take a “political decision” and ban power supplies to Crimea altogether.
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