In the occupied Crimea and in the south of the Russian Federation, fan shutdowns began through a failure at the Rostov NPP

Due to the accident at the Husinozersky GRES in Buryatia, more than 115,000 inhabitants of the region were left without light. A number of Russian media, including "Medusa" reports about it. The occupying power of Crimea introduced the switching of light two in two hours. Fan switching off light was introduced in southern Russia. In the annexed Crimea, traffic lights did not work and trolleybuses stopped.

The reason was called the accident at the Rostov NPP - it has already been reported that the situation was full -time - as well as overloading due to heat and illegal techniques. By the end of the day, the disconnection of electricity was introduced in Dagestan, Kabardno-Balkaria and the Stavropol region. Partially disconnected the Rostov region, Krasnodar region and Crimea.

Also, on July 16, more than 115,000 inhabitants of the region were left without light due to the accident at the Husinozer GRES in Buryatia. The locals told reporters that there was an explosion before the electricity to disconnect the electricity, and smoke was blowing from the territory of the enterprise. More than 100 electrical substations were disconnected in Krasnodar. A number of streets were left without electricity, the local authorities said.

By the evening of July 16, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation reported that at the Rostov NPP there was a failure in the work of generating equipment. Rosatomi stated that one of the station units was disconnected "under the influence of automation due to problems on the turbogenerator". At the same time, they noted that the radiation background is normal. Due to the shutdown of electricity, the traffic of trams and trolleybuses in Krasnodar was suspended.

150 traffic lights did not work in the city. In addition, the Novorossiysk railway station remained without light. Recall that Rostov NPP is the largest enterprise of energy in southern Russia. It is located 13 kilometers from Volgodon. The station provides about 75% of electricity production in the Rostov region.