Power supplies have been entirely shut off after pylons
in Ukraine were blown up. Just in time for the second anniversary of the
start of Maidan!
More than 80% of Crimeans say they are happy that their
peninsula has been reunited with Russia - which of course is irrelevant,
because only NATO gets to choose who has the right to self-determination.
Luckily, Ukraine has developed a brilliant strategy to win back the hearts and
minds of its former subjects:
Russia’s Crimea has switched to autonomous reserve power
after transmission towers in the adjacent Ukrainian Kherson region were blown
up, causing a blackout. Meanwhile,
the Right Sector and Crimean Tatar “activists” have been attempting to block
repairs.
Crimean authorities rushed to connect hospitals and
other vital infrastructure to reserve power stations and generators late on
Saturday after the four main transmission lines from Ukraine were cut off in an
apparent act of sabotage. The regional energy ministry has created an emergency
response center to deal with the power cut.
“Crimea has been completely
cut off,” the Krymenergo energy company’s director Viktor
Plakida told TASS, adding that he could not immediately provide any
more details.
The Crimean Emergencies Ministry has declared a state of emergency due to the complete power outage and has put rescue teams on high alert.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is “celebrating” the second anniversary of the Maidan protests, which began in November, 2013. Coincidence? “Of course.”
As RT reports, “Nearly 1.9 million people have been left partly or fully without electricity. While important public facilities and infrastructure have been wired up to reserve sources of energy, homes all across the region have been left in the dark.” We're sure that Crimeans now love Ukraine even more.
Happy Maidan Day! Don't get shot in the head by a Svoboda sniper.
Source: Russia Insider 22-11-2015
