Spain Investigates Blackout Sabotage as Timeline Reveals Mystery Events and Unusual Activity Detected in UK Power Grid

Spain has initiated a sabotage investigation into the significant power outages following two mysterious “events” – while officials are searching for answers.

The national grid released a timeline of the colossal blackout that has set alarm bells ringing – with a judge investigating foul play.

Suspicions were raised of a Russian sabotage attack almost immediately after the power failed, following a campaign of similar plots to hit Europe.

Juanma Moreno, the president of the Andalusian regional government, suggested a cyber attack as the probable cause and suggested that all signs indicate a deliberate plan.

But Spain’s grid operators yesterday ruled out the cyber attack theory – though a national judge says it’s still on the cards.

Amid a tumultuous 24-hour period, authorities have been trying to provide reasons for the outages, citing possibilities such as a freak weather incident or issues related to net-zero power generation.

Red Eléctrica de España, Spain’s electricity board, produced a report showing an event that caused “losses of power generation” at 12:33pm – followed by another just 1.5 seconds later.

And the network between Spain and France was interrupted 3.5 seconds after that – leading to the widespread collapse of the supply.

Based on the information, National Court judge José Luis Calama opened up an investigation to determine whether sabotage and cyberterrorism were at play.

He demanded a more detailed preliminary report from the grid and investigators within ten days.

He added that while the root of the blackout is still unknown, “cyber terrorism is among the possibilities”.

It has also emerged that Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating mystery outages in the UK’s system hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.

The control room staff at the National Energy System Operator (Neso) noticed suspicious activity on Sunday, the Telegraph reports.

It confirmed there were unexpected shifts in the power frequency in the early morning and the evening.

A steady frequency within certain limits is vital to keeping power flowing.

The first problem in the UK, around 2am, was an outage at the Keadby 2 gas-fired power plant in Lincolnshire.

That was followed by the unexplained failure of the Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark.

And then at around 6pm the frequency shifted unexpectedly again – with the cause also currently unknown.

Portugal’s national grid operator, REN, said yesterady it believed a “rare atmospheric event” could be behind the outage.

It said that extreme temperature variations in Spain possibly led to surges in current and then system failures, in a process called “induced atmospheric variation”.

Investigators in Spain and Portugal don’t yet know what caused the power to fail, but will be well aware of Putin’s past plots to cripple European nations.

The governments of both Germany and the Czech Republic were hit with cyber assaults on the same day last year, May 3.

And Norwegian government websites were rendered unusable for a full day back in 2022.

Cyberattacks are just one weapon in Putin’s arsenal.

He has also peppered the continent with arson, bombs plots, “air terror”, and assassination plans.

A chorus of experts warned that last month’s Heathrow fire, which took out the airport’s power and entire service for a day, could also have been the work of Russia.