MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Third line of the power bridge to Crimea was put into operation, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told journalists on Thursday.

"From January 1, we do not receive electricity from Ukraine. Two lines of the energy bridge operated until today, Crimea received 400 MW from the Unified Energy System. And today, April 14, the third line of the power bridge was put into operation, which increased the possibility of receiving additional 200 MW. Thus, the current power supply will total 600 MW," he said.

Novak said that some objects were put into operation ahead of the schedule - firstly, four lines for 220 kV of submarine cable chains, which enabled the transfer of 200 MW. In addition, new substation of 500 kV was built, the new 500-kV transmission line from Kubanskaya substation to Taman substation. These are the main objects, in total 7 additional objects were built and reconstructed from the time the previous line was constructed.