Ukraine Crimea operation

Ukrainian strikes batter Crimea, exposing cracks in Kremlin’s ‘safe harbor’ — NV analysis

Three waves of crisis — energy, fuel and economic — have shattered the Kremlin’s central myth of Crimea as a safe harbor capable of shielding the peninsula from any problems.

29 August, 07:16 PM

Drone attack hits Sevastopol power hub as fire erupts near Crimea airfield

Drones targeted Sevastopol’s main electrical substation overnight on Aug. 18, with two impacts reported near the facility and a brief power outage, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.

18 August, 11:04 AM

Ukraine strikes Russian attack drone hub and control systems in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian forces hit a Russian facility used to store, prepare and launch attack drones near Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea overnight into Aug. 17, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

17 August, 02:59 PM

Explosions rock occupied Crimea as fires spread in Krasnoperekopsk industrial zone

A series of explosions rocked Krasnoperekopsk, known in Ukrainian as Yany Kapu, in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on Aug. 10, with multiple fires reported by morning, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported. Drones were also shot down over Sevastopol overnight.

10 August, 01:13 PM

Magyar: Ukraine could multiply Crimea strikes sevenfold if Western funding speeds up

Ukraine’s Defense Forces could carry out seven times as many strikes on Russian targets in Crimea if funding pledged by Western allies arrived faster, Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi said.

10 August, 12:48 PM

Zaluzhnyi: West dismissed Ukraine’s 2023 plan to isolate occupied Crimea

An operation to isolate Crimea under temporary Russian occupation was mapped out in 2023, but Western partners failed to take it seriously, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi wrote on Facebook on Aug. 6.

6 August, 04:05 PM

Ukrainian drones turn Crimea from Putin triumph into liability for Russia

Ukrainian drones have turned occupied Crimea into a combat zone, making it harder by the day to keep up any appearance of normal life there, The Economist wrote in a June 23 report on how the occupied peninsula is becoming a catastrophe for Russia.

25 June, 01:26 PM

SBU reports strikes on S-400 and Pantsir systems in occupied Crimea

Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, struck Russian air defense systems near the Kerch Strait and military airfields in Saky and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea, the agency’s press service said June 24.

24 June, 12:48 PM

Ukraine confirms strike on rare Russian S-500 radar in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian military intelligence has confirmed that elite fighters from the HUR’s "Ghost" unit recently struck one of Russia’s most advanced and expensive radar systems — the 98L6 Yenisei — in a daring operation in occupied Crimea.

8 August 2025, 07:25 PM

Ukraine Crimea operation