Temporarily occupied Crimea faces widespread power outages
Temporarily occupied Yevpatoria, June 1 (Photo: REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak)
Large swathes of temporarily occupied Crimea are experiencing widespread blackouts, Russian-installed energy company Krymenergo reported on June 23.
Blackouts have been reported in Yevpatoria, Krasnoperekopsk, Saky, and Dzhankoi.
Trams stopped running in Yevpatoria due to the power outages.
Kremlin puppet authorities assured residents that power will be restored within 24 hours.
Russia did not directly acknowledge the impact of Ukraine’s attacks on its logistics and fuel infrastructure, attributing the disruptions instead to "technical malfunctions”.
NV sources reported that an overnight Ukrainian drone attack destroyed a Russian air defense system, a radar station, and several high-value drones near temporarily occupied Kerch, Crimea.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian targets in Crimea
Drones attacked a number of targets in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight on June 22. Local residents reported explosions and air defense activity. It was reported that the Tavriisk Thermal Power Plant, an FSB border service building in Armyansk, and fuel depots in Feodosia came under attack.
A massive fire broke out at a fuel terminal in the marine fishing port in Kerch following a UAV attack on the night of June 21. Russian occupational authorities suspended fuel sales at local gas stations.
Ukraine’s General Staff later said the Defense Forces had struck an oil terminal in occupied Kerch and Port Kavkaz in Russia overnight on June 21. Ukrainian forces also attacked Tyumen oil refinery, about 1,240 miles from Ukraine’s border, on June 20.
Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, published footage on Telegram that he said showed strikes on fuel storage tanks at the Kerch oil terminal. He apologized to Ukrainians living in occupied territory for “the constant air raid alerts, closed bridges and roads, darkness, noise and stress.” He urged them to stay safe and remain away from military sites and anything that is flammable.
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