Baku-APA. Ukraine on Wednesday afternoon resumed electricity supply to Crimea after a temporary delivery cut, which paralyzed the peninsula, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Kiev was forced to temporarily suspend electricity deliveries to Crimea as the peninsula exceeded the contracted maximum daily consumption limit, said Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn.
Electricity supply was restored in the afternoon, Demchyshyn told a Cabinet meeting.
The blackout caused havoc on the Black Sea peninsula, disrupting emergency services, public transport, mobile networks and work at hospitals.
Crimea, which joined Russia in March after a local referendum, heavily depends on Kiev for power supplies, importing around 80 percent of its electricity consumption from Ukraine.
Ukraine itself is now suffering its worst energy crisis in a decade as the conflict in the eastern regions has disrupted coal supplies to thermal power plants, which generate around half of the country's electricity.
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