Occupied Crimea plunged into darkness amid overnight drone attack – video
Several targets were struck across Crimea on July 21, 2026 (Photo: REUTERS)
Drones struck several targets across temporarily occupied Crimea overnight on July 21, causing widespread power outages and a fire at the peninsula's largest wholesale distribution center, local monitoring channel Crimean Wind reported.
A loud explosion was heard in Greater Yalta at approximately 4:00 a.m., leaving the southern coast of Crimea without power.
A fire also broke out at the largest wholesale distribution center of the Russian grocery chain Produkty u Doma in the village of Chistenkoye, Simferopol district. Crimean Wind, however, noted this information has not been confirmed yet.
The Produkty u Doma retail chain, operating since 2015 within seized stores formerly belonging to the Ukrainian ATB chain, encompasses over 170 locations across 56 towns on the peninsula and one outlet in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, specializing in both food and non-food goods.
The Unmanned Systems Forces struck seven Russian vessels in the Black and Azov seas overnight on July 20, alongside seven power plants and substations in temporarily occupied Crimea.
A large-scale drone attack was carried out on the night of July 20 targeting Russia’s Moscow Oblast, with monitoring channels reporting large-scale fires at a Wildberries warehouse in Podolsk and the South Gate industrial park in Domodedovo
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