Crimea's Dzhankoy Throttles Mobile Internet Amid Worsening Blackouts

Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea’s Dzhankoy have announced restrictions on mobile communication amid the worsening energy crisis.

Ukrainian outlet Suspilne, citing an update from the Kremlin-installed Ministry of Internal Policy of Crimea, said mobile communication is available between 8 a.m. and noon, then between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. each day.

It’s unclear how long the mobile restrictions will last. The disruption is presumably caused by the lack of electricity to power the local cell towers.

Dzhankoy is located in northern Crimea and sits on a logistical artery between occupied parts of mainland Ukraine and the peninsula.

It has also become the target of intensified Ukrainian attacks in recent months, including a fire detected on Thursday along the road south of Dzhankoy leading to the Chongar Bridge. Another Ukrainian attack in June on the bridge shut down the border crossing.

The latest update follows widespread blackouts hitting the peninsula following recent Ukrainian attacks.

On Wednesday, total blackouts were reported in eastern Crimea’s Kerch following a wave of Ukrainian attacks.

Crimea’s 2.3 million residents, along with visitors to the territory’s resort-dense southern coast, had already been grappling with near-catastrophic automobile fuel shortages following weeks of Ukrainian drone raids against Crimea’s fuel storage sites and the arrival of incoming ship and tanker truck fuel shipments from the Russian mainland.

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Repeated follow-up attacks have focused on transmission nodes.

The Simferopol Combined Cycle Thermal Power Plant, a major natural-gas-fired facility known locally as the Tavriyska TPP (or Tavria TPP), was an early priority target in that campaign – with Ukrainian kamikaze drones scoring confirmed hits in three air raids from June 20 to 25.

Russian-installed officials, including Sevastopol’s mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev, have confirmed that outages are affecting Crimean cities.

On Tuesday, Razvozhaev announced that a “special regime” (“regime,” meaning schedule) had been introduced at energy facilities but did not explain what the measure entails.