Drone attacks knock out power across Russian-occupied Crimea

A large-scale blackout struck Russian-occupied Crimea overnight into Saturday following reported drone attacks on energy infrastructure, cutting electricity to major cities across the peninsula.

The Ukrainian OSINT channel Exilenova+ reported that critical substations had been disabled. The monitoring channel Crimean Wind, citing eyewitnesses, reported simultaneous outages in Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta, Feodosia, Dzhankoi, Alushta and Yevpatoria.

Sevastopol's Kremlin-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, confirmed widespread electricity disruptions, attributing them to reported damage to energy infrastructure elsewhere on the peninsula. He said critical facilities had been placed under special operating procedures and that social infrastructure had switched to backup power supplies.

Residents also reported Russian mobile air defence units firing at unidentified aerial targets near Baherove, close to Kerch. At least four explosions were heard in Crimea's Pervomaiske district.