Civil Blockade activists say not involved in blowing up pylon on power line

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"The civil initiative on Crimea’s blockade has nothing to do neither with the first, not the second, nor the third explosion,” reads the statement.

The activists also reminded that today at 00:00 the contract ends on the supply of electricity to Crimea from mainland Ukraine.

Read alsoCrimea blackout: Police say pylon blown up"That is, at 00:01, electricity will not be supplied to the Crimea. There is no new contract. It’s formally impossible to renew supplies automatically, based on the old contract. De facto, there is no power right now. But de jure, there will be no power from 00:00. That is, the energy blockade has also won," the organization’s headquarters said.