MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update – 242210UTC November 2015

The Crimean power outage ….

• “Power capacity of Crimea currently covers 35-40% of peninsula’s needs — Energy Minister”
• “First stage of power bridge to Crimea to be commissioned on December 20 — Energy Minister”
• “Russian Emergencies Ministry jet delivering mobile power generators to Crimea”
• ” ‘They Want To Scare Us’: Crimeans React To Blackout”
• “Explainer: Why Ukraine Supplies Electricity To Crimea, And Why It Stopped”

…. and what happens next

• “Crimea Blackout Sees Minister Sacked, Russia Threatens Payback”
• “Russian Deputy PM supports initiative on retaliation measures over Crimea energy blockade”
• “Russian Foreign Ministry surprised no int’l response to Crimea energy blockade by Ukraine”
• “Ukraine Live Day 645: Russia Ramps Up Offensive Group in North Crimea; Brings Tanks, Grads to Border” – “Russia strengthening offensive group in northern Crimea”
• “Russia To Halt Gas Supplies To Ukraine, Mulling Coal Cuts”
• “Donetsk Suspends Coal Deliveries to the Rest of Ukraine”
• “News Analysis: Crimean Tatars Push Kyiv’s Hand On Recovering Crimea”

Some other tidbits of note

• “Ukrainians to decide on NATO membership at referendum – Poroshenko”
• “EU reassures Ukraine despite overtures to Russia”
• “OSCE coordinator says Kiev should pay pensions to residents of east Ukraine conflict zone”
• “Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 23 November 2015”
• “Poland Repatriates Ethnic Poles From Conflict-Torn Eastern Ukraine”

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