KYIV: Ukraine’s energy provider on Tuesday said it had implemented power cuts in eight of the country’s regions following damage to energy infrastructure after Russian strikes.
“Due to the difficult situation in the energy system caused by previous Russian attacks — in Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, as well as partially in Kirovograd, Kyiv and Cherkasy regions — emergency shutdowns have been implemented,” Ukrenergo said in a statement.
The main private network operator, DTEK, later announced on Telegram that the planned power outages in Kyiv had been canceled.
Russia has stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and railway network as winter approaches, raising fears that millions of people could be without power in freezing temperatures.
Power outages had already occurred across Ukraine last week, notably affecting parts of the capital for several hours.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of wanting to sow chaos with these strikes, which have also harmed the Ukrainian gas sector.
Ukraine, for its part, regularly targets oil refineries and hydrocarbon pipelines in Russia with drones, a strategy that has caused fuel prices in that country to rise since the summer.
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Power cuts in 8 Ukraine regions after Russian strikes: operator
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Power cuts in 8 Ukraine regions after Russian strikes: operator
- Russia has stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and railway network as winter approaches
- Power outages had already occurred across Ukraine last week
Indonesia jails two Britons for drug smuggling
DENPASAR: Two British men were given lengthy jail terms Thursday by an Indonesian court after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into the popular holiday island of Bali.
Kial Garth Robinson was sentenced to 11 years, while Paul Ezra Wilkinson landed a term of nine years.
Both were also ordered to pay a fine of around $60,000 or serve an additional 190 days.
Robinson, 29, was arrested in September last year at Ngurah Rai International Airport after an officer found two packages containing 1.3 kilograms of cocaine in his backpack.
Ho told the police that he was ordered by a man named Santos to transport the drugs from Barcelona to Bali and deliver them to Wilkinson, who had arrived a few days earlier.
Wilkinson, 48, was arrested in Canggu the next day.
Prosecutors said Robinson and Wilkinson were friends who lived in Thailand and had met in Barcelona a week before their arrests.
Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
There are dozens of traffickers on death row in the country. Indonesia last carried out executions in 2016, killing one Indonesian and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad.
Kial Garth Robinson was sentenced to 11 years, while Paul Ezra Wilkinson landed a term of nine years.
Both were also ordered to pay a fine of around $60,000 or serve an additional 190 days.
Robinson, 29, was arrested in September last year at Ngurah Rai International Airport after an officer found two packages containing 1.3 kilograms of cocaine in his backpack.
Ho told the police that he was ordered by a man named Santos to transport the drugs from Barcelona to Bali and deliver them to Wilkinson, who had arrived a few days earlier.
Wilkinson, 48, was arrested in Canggu the next day.
Prosecutors said Robinson and Wilkinson were friends who lived in Thailand and had met in Barcelona a week before their arrests.
Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
There are dozens of traffickers on death row in the country. Indonesia last carried out executions in 2016, killing one Indonesian and three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad.
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