The damaged facility was the 330 kV Ostrovska substation near the village of Ostrovske in the Pervomaiske district. It is the most important power distribution hub on the peninsula.
The monitoring channel said the substation had already been hit on Jan. 15. At that time, power outages were reported in the Dzhankoi, Pervomaiske, Kurman and Rozdolne districts.
A fire also broke out near the village of Pushkine in the Kurman district after the drone attack, not far from the Vesele airfield. Russian forces have been actively using the airfield since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed air defenses overnight “intercepted and destroyed” 83 drones, including 56 over Crimea. As usual, Russian officials blamed Ukraine for the attack.
On March 6, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said fighters from the special unit Prymary carried out successful strikes against Russian ships, boats and aircraft in Crimea during February.
According to the intelligence agency, the enemy targets hit included:
the Project 22460 patrol ship Okhotnik;
a radar station from the S-400 air defense system;
a Forpost drone;
a Project 1496M1 sea tug;
a Project 16640 vessel;
a BK-16 landing boat (Project 02510);
a Ka-27 helicopter.