The key facts
- School holidays in Crimea have been extended; children are tentatively due back at school on November 9
- The fate of kindergartens is being decided by local administrations depending on the situation
- On November 4, restrictions were introduced again after an accident on trunk networks outside the peninsula
Holidays extended until November 9
Autumn school holidays in Crimea have been extended due to the difficult situation with electricity supply. According to preliminary information, children will return to their desks on Monday, November 9. The decision was announced by the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov on his Telegram channel. He emphasized that emergency services continue to restore the electricity supply, thanked residents for their patience, and urged them to follow official announcements: if necessary, the dates for resuming classes may be adjusted.
Kindergartens — at the discretion of municipalities
Unlike schools, kindergartens will not be closed simultaneously across the entire peninsula. As reported by Life.ru, deciding whether preschool institutions can accept children will be up to local administrations, taking into account the operational situation in each municipality.
What is happening with the electricity supply
Massive power outages caused by damage to high-voltage networks occurred in Simferopol, Yalta, Kerch, Saki, Yevpatoria, as well as in the Belogorsky and Krasnogvardeysky districts. In some settlements, power engineers distributed the available capacity according to temporary schedules: in Saki, electricity was supplied where possible on a 'three hours on, three hours off' scheme, while in Kerch a regime of three hours of electricity supply and twelve hours of outage was in effect. The problems affected not only residential buildings: in Simferopol, trolleybuses partially stopped due to the lack of voltage in the contact network, and the mobile operator 'Miranda' introduced emergency roaming to maintain communications during equipment outages. Electricity was directed primarily to socially significant facilities.
New restrictions on November 4
On the morning of November 4, restrictions were again introduced on the peninsula after an accident on trunk networks outside it. Adviser to the head of Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, warned that due to a serious capacity deficit, the previous electricity supply schedules had ceased to apply. It was against this backdrop that the decision to extend the school holidays was made; the final dates for students' return to classes remain preliminary.
