Residents in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast faced reported power cuts after a safety system at CHP-2 stopped some equipment, while a drone alert prompted flight limits at Ufa airport in a separate event.
Mariam Bashkirova, spokeswoman for the Kaliningrad regional governor, said CHP-2’s protective system activated and part of its equipment shut down. Regional authorities redirected the plant’s load to other power stations as customers were reconnected.
At about 6 p.m. ET Oct. 30 (midnight as Oct. 30 turned to 31 in Kaliningrad, UTC+2), residents reported outages in several city districts, according to KGD.ru as cited by Kommersant. The newspaper said residents reported cuts in Guryevsk, Svetlogorsk, Pionersky, Yantarny, Gvardeysk and Bagrationovsk. Some residents also reported mobile internet problems.
Rosseti Yantar said its facilities had no technical faults. The grid operator said service was returning in phases and set a one-hour target to reconnect affected customers, but did not say restoration was complete.
In Bashkortostan, State Committee for Emergency Situations Chairman Kirill Pervov announced a drone threat across the republic. Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) temporarily restricted flights at Ufa airport, citing flight safety.
The Telegram channel Exilenova+ described blasts in Ufa’s industrial area. The report is unverified; the reports reviewed contained no official confirmation of damage or a drone strike.
