In Crimea, after a night attack, a blackout in Sevastopol, a fire is recorded in the area of the Shahed launch point
Kyiv • UNN
In temporarily occupied Crimea, as a result of a night air attack, a power outage occurred, in particular a complete blackout in Sevastopol. A fire broke out near the village of Shafranne, where, according to monitoring data, one of the launch points for Shahed-type UAVs is located.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, reports are coming in of new consequences of the night air attack; the launch point of "Shahed" drones may have been hit, there are power outages, and in particular, the occupiers report a blackout in Sevastopol, writes UNN.
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According to the monitoring Telegram channel "Crimean Wind," citing satellite imagery data, a fire is noted near the village of Shafranne, west of the "Gvardiyske" airfield. "This location is known as one of the launch points for UAVs of the 'Shahed'/'Geran' type," the report says.
Power outages are also reported across the occupied peninsula.
Sevastopol has been completely left without electricity, which is also confirmed by the occupation authorities.
According to the monitoring Telegram channel "Crimean Wind," there were three strikes on the main electrical substation in Sevastopol, causing a large fire. A column of black smoke, it is stated, rises high into the air.
Smoke from the burning electrical substation PS 330/220/110/35 kV "Sevastopol" is reportedly visible for many kilometers. Eyewitnesses claim they counted 6-7 strikes during the night.
The electrical substation PS 330/220/110/35 kV "Sevastopol," which powers the entire Sevastopol energy district, is the main nodal facility in Sevastopol.
A number of villages in the Krasnohvardiiske district, it is stated, have also been left without electricity.
A fire is reported at the crash site of a downed UAV in Simferopol.
OSINT analysis by ASTRA indicates that on the night of June 24, after the attack, the Simferopol Thermal Power Plant was burning.
South of Kerch, a fire is noted on the territory of a military garrison, reports the monitoring group of the Telegram channel "Crimean Wind," citing satellite imagery data. Two fire hotspots, the cause of the ignition is unknown. Explosions in Kerch, it is stated, were heard four times during the night.
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The military, using Ukrainian-made middle-strike UAVs, have already struck key Crimean bridges near Chongar and Armyansk. The strikes were carried out using FP-2 and "Behemoth" drones. The bridge connecting the Kherson region with Crimea in Chongar was hit twice – on the night of June 6-7, and also on the night of June 9.
Furthermore, on June 8, a bridge leading from Henichesk to the Arabat Spit was hit. Two more bridges across the North Crimean Canal – in the area of the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Myrne near Armyansk – were attacked on June 11.
Additionally, on the night of June 13, the "Dzhankoi" checkpoint, a railway bridge, and a pontoon crossing were struck. In the video recordings of the strikes, shown by the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, instead of a traditional reticle, there is a green heart, characteristic of attack drones produced by the company Fire Point.
On the night of June 22, a railway bridge across the North Crimean Canal was destroyed.
The series of strikes on bridges and logistics routes connecting the temporarily occupied Crimea with the mainland part of Ukraine has become another stage of the Ukrainian strategy to isolate the Russian group in the south.
Military expert Oleh Zhdanov believes that the peninsula remains the most vulnerable link in the Russian occupation system.
"We have always said from the very beginning that it would be easiest to liberate Crimea, rather than the territory of mainland Ukraine. Why? Because the mainland part adjoins the Russian Federation, and there is very powerful logistics there. But Crimea is a territory that can be captured, but it is extremely difficult to hold," noted Oleh Zhdanov in a comment to UNN.
According to the expert, the current strikes have not only a military effect of cutting off the logistics of Russian troops, but also a political one.
"Creating conditions for the liberation of Crimea nullifies all the goals that Putin set for this war. I mean back in 2014, when he spoke about 'returning to a native harbor' and promised to turn Crimea into an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier.' And now this aircraft carrier is going to the bottom. The main political goal of seizing foreign territories and destroying Ukraine as a state is being broken," Zhdanov explained.
The strikes on Crimean logistics present Russia with a choice: either to transfer more and more resources to defend the occupied peninsula, or to risk gradually losing control over Crimea.