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Crimea without power from Ukraine after electricity pylons 'blown up'

By Jason Bush and Alessandra Prentice

Sunday, 22 Nov 2015 | 9:10 PM MYT

An employee (L) speaks with people at an electronics store, with the power turned off inside, in Simferopol, Crimea, November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Crimea was left without electricity supplies from Ukraine on Sunday after pylons carrying power lines to the Russia-annexed peninsula were blown up overnight.

It was not immediately clear who had damaged the pylons, but a Russian senator described the move as an "act of terrorism" and implied that Ukrainian nationalists were to blame.

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