Power supply restored in Crimea

Power supply in Crimea was fully restored after scheduled temporary blackouts left over 108,000 people without electricity, the Russian Energy Ministry said.

"At 10:25 p.m. [local time, 19:25 GMT]… all consumers that have been cut off from the network during the scheduled blackouts were reconnected to the grid, the power supply in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol was fully restored," the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, some 25,000 residents were affected by power cuts in Sevastopol, and nearly 84,000 across the peninsula experienced power shortages.