Drones Strike Crimea’s Energy Grid, Trigger Widespread Blackouts

A series of drone strikes targeted Crimea’s military and power infrastructure overnight, hitting sites including a radar station in Feodosia and around the Tavriya Thermal Power Plant near Simferopol. The attacks caused fires and widespread outages across the peninsula, with Krymenergo citing external influence on power facilities and authorities reporting disrupted electricity in Simferopol, Sevastopol, Kerch, Feodosia, and Yalta as Crimea’s ongoing energy crisis deepens; Russia says its air defenses intercepted numerous Ukrainian UAVs, while local authorities distribute generators to affected communities.