Overview
- Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis introduced a regional state of emergency to bring in additional equipment and materials as damaged transmission lines continue to disrupt power in Murmansk and Severomorsk.
- Rosseti North-West is mounting new power-line poles with materials ferried by a Mi-8 helicopter, using rolling consumer rotation to keep critical facilities energized while a criminal negligence inquiry examines maintenance lapses.
- Zhukovsky localized a trunk heat‑main rupture and began phasing heat back into buildings; volunteers distributed heaters and set up heat guns, and schools that served as shelters will reopen for classes on Monday.
- Russia’s EMERCOM set up 12 roadside warming points in the Rostov region during blizzard conditions, and the Moscow Railway increased inspections, anti-icing of equipment and continuous train heating for forecast lows near −20 to −25°C.
- In Ramenskoye, a contractor damaged a power cable that cut electricity to a boiler and 17 buildings, prompting a mobile generator hookup for heat with officials saying repairs were expected within one to two hours.