How are we supposed to get by? – Crimean residents sound alarm over seven-day power outage
In the occupied Crimea, local Telegram channels have published appeals from residents of settlements in the north of the peninsula. They claim they have been without power for seven days now, despite the occupiers’ statements about “scheduled” power outages.
The Telegram channel “ChP / Simferopol” published the appeal on Sunday, July 12.
It shared an image that was reposted by a number of other channels and social media users. The image contains an appeal to the peninsula’s occupying administration.
"Please tell us what is happening in the northern Crimea. For a week (7 days), our power hasn’t been turned on even for an hour. People are throwing away food, losing their jobs, and losing their normal lives. There isn’t even water in the districts, and in the city, it’s only partially supplied for 4 hours a day,” the post reads.
The author of the post writes that there are allegedly rumors circulating online that residents of the northern districts are having their electricity turned on for several hours a day. According to him, this is not true. He also claims that city and district authorities are not providing water deliveries.
"In an emergency, older people have no way to stay in touch with their loved ones or travel to a place where they can charge their phones. There is only one assistance center in Dzhankoi for such situations,” the author of the post continues.
Residents wrote a petition directly to collaborator Sergey Aksyonov, whom the russians appointed as the “governor” of Crimea. Afterward, people received a call from the city administration assuring them that the situation would “improve” by mid-August.
The author of the post wonders how people are supposed to survive under such conditions, since not everyone has the opportunity to leave and wait it out.
Earlier today, a number of major Crimean Telegram channels published a post with this image. For unknown reasons, they deleted it shortly thereafter.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, today, July 12, Refat Chubarov, the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, stated that some settlements in Crimea have been without electricity for seven days now.
Last Friday, July 10, the Russian Red Cross (RRC) announced that it had begun building up additional stockpiles of humanitarian aid in Crimea to ensure a “rapid response” if needed.