Satellite images show fires in Crimea after drone strikes
Several targets in temporarily occupied Crimea were struck during a drone attack overnight into Aug. 12, sparking large-scale fires, the Telegram channel Crimean Wind reported, citing satellite imagery.
Drone strikes in temporarily occupied Crimea over the weekend ignited large-scale fires, according to satellite imagery shared by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel. Two significant fires were spotted near the village of Pervomayske, near Balaklava, and at Vasili Beach, both in close proximity to Balaklava. In northern Crimea, a fire erupted at a Russian military facility situated in the village of Rysove within the Krasnoperekopsk district.
Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-installed head of Sevastopol, reported that debris from downed drones had fallen in various locations, leading to fires breaking out in parts of the city. He stated that firefighting efforts were ongoing. Earlier, on July 28, drones targeted an occupied Crimea power substation in Feodosia.
On July 27, Razvozhaev had announced power supply restrictions in occupied Sevastopol. A fire also broke out at the Tavriiska thermal power plant near occupied Simferopol following a drone attack on July 26. The Russian-installed utility company Krymenergo confirmed that several municipalities across the peninsula experienced power outages due to external impacts on energy supply facilities.
Reports of a difficult electricity situation surfaced from the northwest, east, and south of the occupied peninsula. Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Magyar Brovdi revealed that 19 energy facilities in Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories were hit by drones between July 23 and 24, with 17 of these facilities located in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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