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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

Crimea’s isolation could sap Russia’s ability to keep fighting in Ukraine

Russian-occupied Crimea is becoming a liability for Vladimir Putin — a vulnerability that could weaken the Kremlin’s ability to continue its war against Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on June 26.

27 June, 04:03 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

Fuel shortages and strikes batter Crimea tourism as bookings fall 58%

The Russian Union of Travel Industry said bookings in Russia-annexed Crimea fell 58% over the past two weeks compared with the same period last year, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.

22 June, 04:57 PM

Ukraine strikes force Russia to disguise fuel trucks as milk vehicles, Navy says

Russian forces have been forced to disguise equipment because Ukraine is systematically striking enemy vehicles along the land corridor through the temporarily occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on the United News telethon.

14 June, 09:06 PM

Russian fleet command faces relocation as Crimea logistics deteriorate

Russia’s military plan to move the remaining command structures of its Black Sea Fleet from occupied Sevastopol to Novorossiysk is underway, the partisan movement Atesh reported, citing sources in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, on June 14.

14 June, 01:48 PM

Drone barrage pounds occupied Crimea, sparking fire at Sevastopol military site

Loud explosions rang out across Russian-occupied Crimea overnight and into the morning on June 11, with reports of a large-scale drone attack on Sevastopol and other cities.

11 June, 12:50 PM

Drone attack closes Dzhankoy station, disrupting Russia’s Crimea military traffic

Ukrainian drones struck the Dzhankoy railway station in occupied Crimea on June 8 while a large number of Russian troops were there, and the station has remained closed since then, Denys Chystikov, deputy representative of Ukraine’s president in Crimea, told Radio NV.

11 June, 11:30 AM

Ukraine strikes Russian radar and naval drone facilities in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian forces struck several Russian military assets in occupied Crimea, including radar and naval drone facilities, according to a Telegram post by Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.

28 December 2025, 03:05 PM

Ukraine hits Saky air base, destroys Su-30, damages four other jets

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service carried out a drone strike on the Saky airfield in occupied Crimea overnight on Aug. 4, destroying one Su-30SM fighter jet, damaging another, and hitting three Su-24 aircraft, the agency said.

4 August 2025, 03:10 PM

Ukrainian intel targets Russian positions in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian military intelligence has carried out a series of drone strikes on Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) revealed on March 21.

22 March 2025, 08:31 AM

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