Ukraine strikes CrimeaÕs energy grid

A Ukrainian drone campaign against CrimeaÕs power grid has
left hundreds of thousands of people in the Russia-held territory
without electricity for days at a time

UKRAINIAN STRIKES IN OR NEAR CRIMEA*
(April 13-July 13, 2026)

Power stations

Refineries and oil facilities

Other targets

RUSSIA
UKRAINE
Kyiv

300km
185 miles

Number
of strikes

2
5
15

UKRAINE

RUSSIAN-
OCCUPIED
UKRAINE

RUSSIA

CRIMEA

Dzhankoi
Feodosia
Kerch
Kherson
Simferopol
Sevastopol
Yevpatoriya

Chongar Bridges

Kerch Strait
Bridge

Rozdolne
Bridge

BLACK SEA

Sea of
Azov

75km
45 miles

*Within 75km of Crimea. Strikes grouped in 5km2 bins
separately for each category

Battering CrimeaÕs power grid was meant to raise
pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate a peace
deal to the war in Ukraine, but Russian President
Vladimir Putin has not publicly acknowledged
the blackouts

Sources: ISW, New York Times

Picture: Getty Images

© GRAPHIC NEWS