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Overnight Ukrainian drone strikes left Kerch completely without power, with life-support systems running on backup power and authorities reporting outages across Crimea as Krymenergo warns of ongoing restrictions and emergency recovery efforts.
Ukrainian drone strikes left Kerch in total blackout, with Russia saying 93 drones were downed and Krymenergo confirming outages across occupied Crimea. Life-support facilities run on backup power while authorities work on restoration. The strikes are part of Kyiv’s broader effort to isolate Crimea by targeting its energy and logistics, including a separate hit on the Balaklava thermal power station and ongoing unmanned-weapon campaigns around the peninsula.
Lieutenant General, Ukraine's Air Force Commander, has confirmed that Ukrainian forces have sunk a Russian warship, a Kalibr cruise missile carrier, in the city of Kerch. The destruction of the ship was initially uncertain but later confirmed by the Ukrainian Air Force. The incident occurred following explosions in Russian-occupied Crimea, and Ukrainian pilots carried out airstrikes on the Zaliv shipyard. The Russian Defence Ministry admitted that a warship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had been "damaged".
Ukraine launched 15 cruise missiles at a shipyard in Kerch, Crimea, damaging one ship, according to the Russian defense ministry. Air defense systems successfully intercepted and destroyed 13 of the missiles.
Ukraine's Air Force successfully launched cruise missile strikes on the Zaliv shipbuilding yard in Kerch, possibly sinking a modern ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles. Lieutenant General Oleshchuk expressed hope that another boat followed the destruction of the Russian cruiser Moskva in April 2022. The Air Force Commander thanked the pilots and anti-aircraft gunners for their successful operations.