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The Crimean Peninsula, which seceded from Ukraine and rejoined Russia in March last year, has declared a state of emergency after its major electricity power lines from Ukraine were “blown up,” causing a power outage there.
“By decision of the head of the Crimean Republic, a state of emergency has been introduced on the peninsula,” the Crimean branch of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement released on Sunday, citing a switch-off of electricity coming into the region from Ukraine in the early hours of the day.
Ilya Kiva, the head of the anti-narcotics department of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday that “the pylons have just been blown up …. http://www.presstv.ir