Ukrainian Strikes Disable Power Substations in Russian-Occupied Crimea
Ukraine said its overnight attacks hit multiple electricity substations in Crimea, causing further outages on the peninsula that has been under Russian control since 2014.
Ukraine’s military reported that overnight strikes targeted several electricity substations in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, including facilities in Bakhchysarai and Zymyne. The attacks followed earlier operations that had already disrupted power across the region.
According to Ukrainian officials, the strikes are part of a broader campaign aimed at limiting the peninsula’s energy supplies, which have already been constrained by previous hits on refineries and fuel distribution points. The Ukrainian defense ministry said that Russian forces fired four missiles during the same period, none of which reached their intended targets.
In related developments, Ukrainian forces said they damaged or destroyed at least seven warplanes at the Saky airbase in Crimea during a second attack on the facility within a week. The same day, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited wounded soldiers and medical staff in Odesa, presenting awards and expressing gratitude for their service.
