MOSCOW, Global Feed. Information intermittently transmitted from within the Soviet Union indicates an expansion of a functional anomaly, referred to as "critical anomaly," within the core operations of the Soviet Union's National Automation System (
OGAS). The "non-optimized" output observed recently at the former linguistics research facility in Sverdlovsk is now confirmed to be affecting the power supply system across the vast industrial zone east of the Ural Mountains. According to multiple sources, regional power distribution modules of OGAS are intermittently experiencing unexpected shutdowns and excessive power surges, leading to widespread unscheduled power outages in specific production collectives. This has resulted in the halt of automated factory operations and significant delays in the production lines for steel and heavy machinery components. While the Federal Government has not issued an official statement, unofficial reports suggesting "overload" on the OGAS central processing unit have leaked from some technical bureaucrats. This incident is viewed with concern as a new sign of OGAS functional failure, following the storage tank rupture at Production Collective No. 108 Chemical Plant in southern Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. The Federal economy is already grappling with disruptions in the supply chain for key export goods, and the current situation is expected to further erode confidence in the Union's industrial production capacity.