Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy denied fake news about involvement in the blackout in Uzbekistan

Tengrinews.kz — Following a large-scale power outage in Uzbekistan, media outlets and social media channels began attributing the failure to an accident in Kazakhstan's power grid. Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy has denied these reports.
What happened
Earlier, several Uzbek publications reported power disruptions across the republic, claiming that an accident "in a neighboring country's power grid" had affected the stability of Uzbekistan's energy system.
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan stated that the circulating reports blaming the Kazakh side are untrue.

"The information being circulated on certain social media platforms claiming that the power outages in Uzbekistan were caused by an accident in Kazakhstan's power system is incorrect," the ministry emphasized.

Mass blackout affects four Central Asian countries
A massive power failure has affected four countries. Following blackouts in Almaty and the Almaty Region, residents of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan also began reporting disruptions.
Thus, electricity problems were observed simultaneously in four Central Asian countries.
What happened to the power in Kazakhstan
On August 14, at approximately 3:00 PM, power outages began in Almaty and the Almaty Region. Residents of several city districts reported blackouts.
According to official data, the cause was a failure on 500 kV power lines owned by KEGOC. This led to a load shedding of 300 MW.
In the Almaty Region, residents of the Zhambyl, Balkhash, Esik, Karasay, Shelek, Raiymbek, Uygur, Ili, Kegen, and Talgar districts were left without power.
In Almaty, outages were officially recorded in the Bostandyk, Nauryzbay, Auezov, and Alatau districts.
The blackout also impacted city infrastructure: traffic lights stopped working on some streets, communication disruptions occurred, and traffic jams formed. Traffic controllers were deployed to intersections. Meanwhile, the Almaty metro came to a standstill — video has emerged of passenger evacuations.