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Blackouts in Crimea as Kyiv hits military targets across occupied Ukraine overnight
The Kyiv Independent • • world
Key Points:
- Ukraine's General Staff reported overnight strikes on July 5 targeting the Hvardiiske airfield in Crimea, ammunition depots, and two logistics bridges in occupied Donetsk Oblast, aiming to disrupt Russian military operations.
- Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, announced attacks on 16 power stations across Crimea over 48 hours, causing widespread blackouts on the peninsula.
- These strikes are part of Ukraine's intensified campaign to weaken Russian logistics and energy infrastructure critical to sustaining Moscow's war efforts.
- Recent operations also include drone attacks on the Saky air base in Crimea, damaging or destroying at least seven Russian military aircraft, according to Ukraine's Security Service.
- Kyiv justifies targeting energy infrastructure as legitimate military objectives to undermine Russia's capacity to continue its aggression.
