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National energy company Ukrenergo, the operator of Ukraine's backbone and interstate transmission lines, has said it is not obliged to warn the Energy Ministry of Russia, or Russia in general, of its operation inside Ukraine.

“Taking this into account, on July 30, 2015, no warnings on the suspension of power supplies were sent to Russia,” the press service of the company told Interfax-Ukraine.

Ukrenergo said the company is acting legally and after receiving the power schedule for July 1, 2015 from state enterprise Energomarket, which included the zero balance for power interconnection between Crimea and the Ukrainian mainland, the shift operator of the company notified the shift operator of the Crimean power grid so it could take the required organizational and technical measures to maintain the zero balance.

Ukrenergo said it does not currently possess information on the possible further reduction of interconnection power flow to Crimea.

Late on July 1, the Energy Ministry of Russia spread a report stating that there are plans to halt supplies of electricity from the Ukrainian mainland to Crimea.

As of Wednesday morning, the interconnection power flow has not been suspended.

Crimea receives electricity from the Ukrainian mainland via four power lines.

Ukrenergo operates Ukraine’s backbone and interstate transmission lines, as well as supervising the country’s national grid. It is a state-owned company and is controlled by the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry.