Occupied Crimea has experienced extensive blackouts following recent Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula, according to local monitoring channels.
Crimean Wind, a pro-Ukrainian channel run by local partisans, wrote on Friday morning that only the eastern part of the peninsula has been spared from major blackouts.
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Citing local reports based on updates from power companies, the channel said northern Crimea is facing rolling blackouts lasting several hours at a time. The outages are expected to continue for two weeks to a month, while full restoration could take several months.
The last major official update on Crimea’s blackouts from energy operator Krymenergo was published on June 25. However, Russian-installed officials, including Sevastopol’s mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev, have confirmed that outages are affecting Crimean cities.
Crimean Wind also noted that the updates followed an overnight strike on a substation in Yevpatoriya, western Crimea. Citing reports from locals, it said that drones were flying over the village of Uyutnoye near Yevpatoriya, but air defenses failed to intercept them.
“Later, there was an explosion. Then, the power went out in Yevpatoriya,” the update adds.
Crimean Wind identified the station in Yevpatoriya as the 110/35/10 kV Moinaki substation, adding that it recently underwent a major modernization project costing 1 billion rubles in 2024 ($13 million as of 2026).
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Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed Friday morning that it had shot down 376 Ukrainian drones overnight, including over occupied Crimea, but did not specify how many were intercepted in each region.
Ukraine has not commented on the strikes at the time of publication.
Unprecedented Ukrainian strikes
Kyiv has waged a months-long campaign targeting Russian oil and logistics in occupied Ukraine and mainland Russia, with Crimea among the key targets.
Crimean Wind noted that Friday’s attack was preceded by another strike on the Saky Thermal Power Plant just a day prior, alongside a list of substations damaged in the Saky district.
Recent strikes also included one on July 3 consisting of over 400 drones that placed the peninsula in total blackout.
Saky also hosts a major Russian airbase in occupied Crimea that is frequently targeted by Kyiv’s drone strikes, including one on July 3 that damaged seven hangars and another that damaged five earlier that same week.
The strikes on energy facilities come amid a fuel crisis in Crimea, following a Ukrainian drone campaign launched in May that disrupted logistics supplying the peninsula. Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed governor of occupied Crimea, acknowledged on Wednesday that fuel shortages are expected to continue “for some time.”
However, Kyiv has tacitly ruled out imminent offensives to retake the peninsula, with Ukraine’s drone commander noting in June that the campaign aims to force Russian withdrawals.
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