(CRIMEA, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian drone units struck 28 power substations in occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories between 25 and 29 July, plunging multiple cities into blackout conditions.
The coordinated operation, dubbed “Crimean Switch Off” by the unmanned systems forces, saw 20 energy nodes hit across the Crimean peninsula and a further eight in occupied parts of Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The strikes come as part of a wider month long campaign that has disabled 164 energy targets across occupied Ukraine since 1 July.
Among the affected locations, residents in Simferopol, Bakhchysarai, Sudak, Alushta, Hurzuf and Feodosia reported flickering lights followed by complete power loss. The strikes targeted substations rated at 330 kV, 220 kV and 110 kV, which form the backbone of the peninsula’s electricity grid.
Multiple brigades of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces participated in the operation. The 9th Battalion “Kairos” of the 414th Separate Brigade of Unmanned Systems “Ptakhy Madyara” struck substations at Kairka, Pershokostiantynivka, Simferopolska, Luchova, Kapsel, Perevalne, Sudak and Moiaky, as well as the 330 kV “Akvilon” facility near Kairka in Kherson Oblast.
The 1st Operations Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces hit substations at Bakhchysarai twice, along with Feodosiiska, Marianivka, Kerchenska and Sklo. The 412th Brigade “Nemesis” struck facilities at Nyva, Dozorne, Alushta, Artek and Blyzhni Kamyshi. The 413th Battalion “Reid” targeted substations at Novoozerna, Zhaiovoronky and Skvortsove.
The 20th Brigade “K-2” struck power infrastructure at Albatros in Kerch, as well as substations in Honcharivka in Luhansk Oblast, Tavriia and Tavrychanka in Kherson Oblast, and Zaporizke in Luhansk Oblast. The 6th Battalion of the 414th Brigade hit a substation at Novyi Svit in Donetsk Oblast.
The footage was released by the press service of the 414th Separate Brigade of Unmanned Systems “Ptakhy Madyara”.
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