State of Emergency in Crimea After Power Lines Blown Up

Crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving more than 1.6 million people on the disputed Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in as many days. It was not immediately clear who had blown up the pylons, but a Russian lawmaker said it was an "act of terrorism" and implied Ukrainian nationalists were to blame. Two transmission towers in Ukraine were damaged by explosions early Sunday...

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