Ukraine 'in process' of resuming power supplies to Crimea - Ukrenergo

A single light illuminates a room during a blackout at a residential building in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, December 2, 2015. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is resuming electricity supplies to Russian-annexed Crimea, a state energy official said on Monday, more than two weeks after unknown saboteurs blew up power lines to the peninsula causing widespread blackouts.

The power cuts have left some 2 million Crimeans reliant upon emergency generators and caused severe disruption, exposing how dependent the peninsula remains on Ukraine a year and a half after it broke away to join Russia.