The operation shut down energy facilities in occupied Crimea as well as in the occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Brovdi said.
The report comes amid Ukraine's intensifying summer campaign against Russian logistics and infrastructure in occupied Crimea — a campaign intended to isolate the peninsula from mainland Russia and cut off crucial military supply routes.
Ukrainian drone units shut down 12 electrical substations in the occupied territories, including 10 in Crimea, and one each in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, Brovdi reported.
Brovdi also said Ukrainian forces struck a Russian fuel depot in Melitopol, occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Widespread power outages have afflicted the region in recent weeks, leading to electricity restrictions while also impacting the water supply.
Russia constructed and modernized multiple thermal power plants to enable Crimean energy independence — but these facilities remain vulnerable to Ukrainian drones.
Ukrainians were warned to anticipate a massive Russian strike after weeks of successful attacks on military and energy facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine. »