The blackout happened in New Vatutinki (New Moscow, that is, the territories annexed to the city), according to public reports, “dozens of houses are without power.”
“Residents report that along with the electricity, water, internet and heating disappeared. Some residents were locked in elevators, now they are gradually trying to restore electricity, but the accident has not yet been eliminated,” writes “Caution, Moscow.”
Shot clarifies that the blackout occurred in the Desenovskoye settlement, and the cause was allegedly a “sharp surge in voltage.”
“The Unified Duty Dispatch Service only tells people that they know about the problem and promises to fix everything in the near future. According to eyewitnesses, due to a power outage in the elevator of one of the buildings, a mother and a small child were stuck in the elevator; the Ministry of Emergency Situations was called to the scene,” the public writes.
Context
In the last three years, blackouts have occurred mainly in Ukraine after Russian shelling.
In an interview with Ukrinform published on October 1, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrey Gnatov said that Ukraine will find the capabilities and weapons to carry out a blackout in Moscow in response to Russian shelling.
Before this, on September 27, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine would symmetrically respond to Russian energy attacks. “If they threaten a blackout, for example, in the capital of Ukraine, then the Kremlin should know that there will be a blackout in the capital of Russia,” he said.
