Widespread blackouts already trigger public protests across northern and eastern Crimea - video
Blackout in Yevpatoriya, June 30, 2026 (Photo: REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak)
Northern and eastern Crimea residents took to central town squares to protest persistent power outages caused by severe energy crisis, Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea Denys Chystikov told Radio NV on July 30.
"Occupational republican officials are already traveling to these regions (the north and east of occupied Crimea) to defuse rising tensions, as public protests and gatherings in central town squares have already taken place to draw attention to the crisis," Chystikov said at the broadcast.
According to him, Russian Telegram channels report energy supply issues across eastern Crimea, while occupational authorities have avoided communicating about the power situation in northern Crimea for two weeks.
"There are specific posts that they actively try to delete — particularly from residents visiting these settlements," the deputy representative stated.
"They appeal to the authorities, asking when attention will finally be paid to them. Repairs are focused on large cities or the southern coast, while northern Crimea is completely ignored. This primarily concerns Dzhankoy, though local occupational authorities occasionally communicate information there. However, Krasnoperekopsk and Armyansk have remained completely without information for two weeks."
Ukrainian drone strikes on energy facilities in occupied Crimea
On July 28, drones attacked temporarily occupied Crimea, striking an electrical substation in Feodosia.
On July 24, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported that between July 23 and July 24, Ukrainian forces struck 19 energy facilities across occupied territories of Ukraine, 17 of which were located in Russian-occupied Crimea.
On July 20, Brovdi announced that as part of the Crimean Light Switch Off operation, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 19 power nodes across Russian-occupied territories, including 11 in occupied Crimea.
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