Ukrainian drones cripple Crimea power grid and strike Russian gas plant overnight
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Ukrainian drone strikes crippled power infrastructure in occupied Crimea and a Russian gas processing plant overnight, as Moscow acknowledged a surge in Ukrainian drone incursions and scrambled to contain civilian panic. The attacks, reported by monitoring channels on 24 June 2026, left Sebastopol without electricity and triggered blackouts across the peninsula, prompting local authorities to lock down schools and urge parents to keep children at home .
A key railway bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland was struck twice, disrupting Russian logistics and damaging an adjacent power substation, according to UAWire . In a rare public admission, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a “huge stream” of Ukrainian drones penetrating Russian airspace, while NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters in Berlin that Moscow is suffering 30,000–35,000 military casualties each month and that Ukraine is now striking refineries deep inside Russia .
The escalation comes as Kyiv accelerates its campaign to degrade Russian military capacity. Ukrainian forces also launched overnight strikes on a gas processing plant in Russia’s Orenburg Oblast, further tightening the economic noose around Moscow’s war effort . Meanwhile, Russian air defences intercepted 95 of 101 Shahed-type drones launched against Ukraine, though six hit targets across five locations, the defence ministry said .
In southern Ukraine, residents of Kherson described relentless Russian drone harassment as “pure terror against civilians,” with Moscow’s forces now relying on long-range strikes after suffering artillery losses across the Dnipro River . The Kremlin-appointed governor of Sebastopol urged residents to brace for prolonged disruptions, while Ukraine’s energy ministry confirmed that repairs were underway to restore power to critical facilities.
At a high-level meeting in Berlin on 24 June, Europe’s five leading military powers convened to discuss stepped-up sanctions and new mechanisms to counter Russian strikes, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faced domestic pressure over a widening corruption scandal . Separately, NATO and Kyiv launched a €250,000 prize competition inviting private-sector innovators to propose ways to neutralise Russian airfields, signalling a shift toward asymmetric technological solutions .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address the Gdańsk Recovery Conference in Poland later this week, where Kyiv will seek fresh defence and energy deals to sustain its war effort and reconstruction plans . With Moscow’s losses mounting and Ukraine’s strikes growing bolder, the coming months are likely to see intensified drone warfare and deeper incursions into Russian territory, testing Putin’s resolve to continue the conflict.
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