“Today in several regions Russiaand also in the temporarily occupied Crimeahundreds of thousands of users were left without power. Explosions were heard in some regions,” reports the Unian agency.
The supply problems were supposed to be caused by failure of two of the three units at the Gusinooziorsk power plant, located in the territory of Buryatia“Local residents reported that before the power outage There was a huge explosion and smoke appeared on the power plant premises” – reports the Unian agency, citing reports from the Astra channel.
Russia. South of the country without electricity, Rostov power plant failure
On Tuesday there was also failure at the Rostov power plant. The authorities reported that the event took place “turbogenerator failure”whichand does not generate a threat to residents.
According to information provided by Rosatom, one of the power units was turned off.
“In addition without light the remaining inhabitants of temporarily occupied Sevastopol. The city has introduced power outage schedules 'due to overloaded electricity grid',” the Unian news agency reports, citing reports from the Sevastopol electricity supplier.
In subsequent reports, there was information about disruptions in supplies in other cities in occupied Crimea. The propaganda media indicated that Power problems are due to “abnormal heat”.
The independent portal Meduza reported that the situation at the Rostov power plant led to the suspension of tram and trolleybus traffic in Krasnodar. Approximately power lines were also to be turned off in the city. 150 traffic lights.
According to Russian media Power outages affected more than a million people in the Rostov, Krasnodar and Volgograd regions on Tuesday.
Sources:Unian, Astra, Medusa
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