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Fires hit Crimea power substations again overnight, one for the second time in a week

Euromaidan Press

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July 3, 2026

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Fires hit Crimea power substations again overnight, one for the second time in a week

Blazes at a rebuilt node and a critical hub leave Staryi Krym dark

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Ukrainska Pravda

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· Jul 7, 2026

Ukrainian forces hit five power substations in Crimea in a day

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have hit five power substations and a gas distribution station in temporarily occupied Crimea within a day. Forty-four energy facilities in Crimea and the southern part of the temporarily occupied territories have been attacked over the past week.

Kyiv Post

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· Jul 3, 2026

Crimea Grid Ablaze: Overnight Blasts Ignite Key Power Substations

Multiple electrical substations in Russian-occupied Crimea reportedly caught fire after overnight blasts, including Bilohirsk, Maryanivka and Staryi Krym, as satellite data pointed to an expanding campaign against the energy and logistics networks sustaining Moscow’s military presence.

DNyuz

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· Jun 22, 2026

No Gas, No Summer Camps, Sporadic Power: Ukraine Escalates Crimea Attacks

Summer camps are canceling their sessions. Gas is nowhere to be found. And now the electricity is flickering out. Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, is reeling from an air campaign that Kyiv has escalated more than four years into a war that remains largely stalemated on the front []

Meduza.io

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· Jul 8, 2026

A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’

Russian forces hit Kyiv again overnight into July 8, even as Ukraine’s military launched a fresh wave of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure. Ukrainian drones struck so-called shadow fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov, an industrial zone in Nizhnekamsk that’s home to two oil refineries, refineries in Saratov and Ufa, and a military airfield in Borisoglebsk, in the Voronezh region. One person was killed and at least eight were wounded. Meduza has put together footage of the night’s strikes on Russian cities.

Egypt Independent

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· Jun 27, 2026

Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Crimea placed under state of emergency as Ukraine steps up pressure on Putin

Russian-installed authorities declared a state of emergency in Crimea on Friday, as repeated, intensified Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula lead to widespread power outages and fuel shortages. Blackouts have plagued Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, for days. The Kremlin-installed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said Friday that restrictions to electricity supply would The post Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Crimea placed under state of emergency as Ukraine steps up pressure on Putin appeared first on Egypt Independent.

The Kyiv Independent

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· Jul 5, 2026

Blackouts in Crimea as Kyiv hits military targets across occupied Ukraine overnight

Ukraine struck several substations in Crimea overnight on July 5, plunging the Russian-occupied territory into a blackout, social media channels reported.

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Related coverage for "Fires hit Crimea power substations again overnight, one for the second time in a week": Ukrainska Pravda — Ukrainian forces hit five power substations in Crimea in a day. Kyiv Post — Crimea Grid Ablaze: Overnight Blasts Ignite Key Power Substations. DNyuz — No Gas, No Summer Camps, Sporadic Power: Ukraine Escalates Crimea Attacks. Meduza.io — A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’. Egypt Independent — Power outages, fuel bans and no summer camps: Crimea placed under state of emergency as Ukraine steps up pressure on Putin. The Kyiv Independent — Blackouts in Crimea as Kyiv hits military targets across occupied Ukraine overnight