Russian authorities in Crimea declared a state of emergency this week, as Ukrainian attacks caused fuel shortages and power cuts, threatening the vital peninsula.
Fuel is now only available to government agencies, not ordinary citizens or businesses, according to Crimea’s Russian-installed government. Children’s summer camps have been cancelled and there are frequent air raid sirens.
Photographs showed queues of cars waiting for fuel, while video footage reportedly showed traffic jams as residents attempted to flee Crimea, over the Kerch Bridge into Russia.
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The state of emergency came into force at 1pm on Friday, local time, and will stay in place until the situation stabilises, according to the Moscow-installed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
