"As a result of cyclone 'Vegas' passing through the Lepel district, a transformer substation was disabled with subsequent ignition, which caused the power outage for the farm in the agro-town of Chereyshchina. Some settlements were also left without electricity." - This was the scenario according to which the services practiced their emergency response algorithm today.

As noted by Ivan Maskalkov, Head of the Lepel District Department for Emergency Situations, such exercises are conducted in conditions as close as possible to real ones. In the event of a genuine emergency, the relevant parties will not be confused and will know how to act.