Moscow Power Outage Resolved After Brief Scheduling Switch
Due to a technological switch in energy supply sources, there was a brief power outage for certain consumers in the Gagarinsky district and several other areas, according to the Moscow municipal economy.
Consensus
- Energy supply in Moscow is operating in normal mode.
- A short-term power outage occurred in Gagarinsky and several other districts of Moscow.
- The outage was caused by a technological switch of power supply sources.
- The event took place on August 18.
- The power disruption affected individual consumers.
Points of divergence
- The Pavlovskoye-Posadsky branch of 'Mособlenergo' entered a special operating mode starting at 05:30 MSK on August 18 due to damaged power grid equipment, leading to the blackout of 109 transformer substations in Likiino-Dulovo and Orekhovo-Zuyevо urban districts. — vedomosti
- Moscow Oblast was subjected to a large-scale attack by Ukrainian drones, resulting in three injuries, including a 10-year-old girl with a shrapnel wound in Ramensky District. — vedomosti
- A drone hit a Wildberries warehouse near Atlant Park, causing a fire that was contained. — vedomosti
- The Prosecutor's Office of Moscow Oblast opened a hotline for victims of the drone attacks. — vedomosti
- Train services on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro were delayed due to the power outage. — tg_tass_agency
- The blackout in Moscow caused a large-scale disruption in the operation of the Russian internet (Rунет). — tvrain
- The blackout in Moscow, which caused a large-scale disruption in the operation of Rунет, was linked to a 'technological switch of power supply sources.' — tg_tvrain
Coverage (6 sources)
- Power supply to consumers in Moscow is carried out in normal mode — РИАМО
- Power supply restored in Moscow after brief outages — Ведомости
- Power supply to consumers in Moscow is operating in normal mode after a brief outage, TASS reported in press... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Blackout in Moscow, which led to a major failure in the operation of the Russian Internet, is related to 'technological switching of energy supply sources' — Дождь
- Blackout in Moscow, which led to a major failure in the operation of the Russian Internet, is related to a 'technological switch of power sources...', — Дождь (Telegram)
- The City Administration stated that power supply to consumers in Moscow is proceeding in normal mode — Интерфакс