Oil terminal and energy infrastructure attacked in occupied Crimea
Attacks have been carried out on the TES company's oil and gas terminal in Kerch, electricity substations near Simferopol and other facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Source: Krym. Realii
Details: Local residents report explosions heard in Simferopol, Kerch and Hvardiiske. Mikhail Razvozzhayev, Russia's appointed head of temporarily occupied Sevastopol, reported an air-raid warning in the city, while Russian authorities in Crimea twice overnight reported the closure of traffic on the Kerch Bridge.
The Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported a probable strike on the TES company's oil and gas terminal in Kerch, the Simferopol 330 kV substation in the Strohonivka area near Simferopol, the Tavriyskaya Thermal Power Plant and the Russian military airfield in the settlement of Hvardiiske.
NASA Firms satellite service is recording fires in the area of these facilities.
Russian authorities reported power cuts in Alushta, Yalta, Bakhchysarai and Simferopol. Razvozzhayev also reported a power outage in Sevastopol, though later said electricity had been partially brought back. Russian authorities in Crimea and Sevastopol made no report on other possible consequences of the attack.
Russia's Ministry of Defence reported on the morning of 6 July that 519 drones had allegedly been shot down over 21 regions of Russia, as well as over Crimea and the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. No confirmation of these claims was provided, and verifying them through alternative sources is impossible under wartime conditions.
The ministry did not specify how many UAVs were not shot down and reported no consequences of the strikes.
Background:
- On the night of 5-6 July, drones attacked Yaroslavl and Leningrad Oblast in Russia, including one of Russia's largest refineries and oil export ports on the Baltic Sea.
- Fires were reported at several electricity substations in temporarily occupied Crimea following overnight attacks.
- The occupation authorities declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea and Sevastopol.
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