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Ukraine has not supplied electricity to annexed Crimea since the end of December 2015, and power lines that tied mainland Ukraine with the peninsula are disconnected, according to Vsevolod Kovalchuk, CEO of the country's united energy grid, Ukrenergo.
"There have been no deliveries via the backbone networks or through local lines since the end of December 2015. These lines are physically disconnected. The lines that are on the side of mainland Ukraine are secured... You may come and see that all the wires are physically cut on the anchor supports a few kilometers from the administrative border with Crimea," Kovalchuk told an UNIAN correspondent, commenting on the recent statement that electricity from the continent could flow to the enterprises of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, which are located in Crimea.
Read alsoACU accuses Firtash's plants of price inflationKovalchuk also noted that fears may arise about the Kakhovska 330 kV – Titan 220 kV substation line, which runs near the border of Crimea, but it serves only to supply electricity to two districts of Kherson region.
"The former Kakhovska 330 kV – Titan 220 kV substation line is out of operation. But it operates on a voltage class of 150 kV, supplying electricity to the newly built Khersonoblenerho substation... This line is built in order to provide reliable power flow between mainland Ukraine and Chaplynka and Kalanchak districts of Kherson region," Kovalchuk added.