Head of Zelenskyy's Office: Ukrainians in Crimea should treat consequences of strikes and social problems with understanding

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, believes that Ukrainians who have experienced the consequences of strikes in temporarily occupied Crimea should treat the situation with understanding, as it is all aimed at bringing the peninsula back home.

Source: Budanov in an interview with RBC-Ukraine

Quote: "I'd like to take this opportunity to say to those people who truly understand that Crimea is Ukraine, that it is an inseparable part of our country, and that no one will ever be able to break that bond, that they should be understanding of what is happening.

I realise that, alongside seeing successful strikes against the enemy, they are also experiencing personal hardships. There are fuel shortages – that's simply a fact. There are major power outages and frequent disruptions to the water supply, which are mostly a consequence of the power cuts.

But all of these hardships serve a greater purpose and that greater purpose is returning home.

Right now, our main objective is to cut off all of Russia's southern logistics routes, because supplies for the Dnieper Group of Forces are transported through the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and on a very large scale."

Background:

• Sevastopol was left without electricity on 6 July following drone attacks on energy infrastructure facilities.
• It was also reported that Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces damaged 38 energy load centres in temporarily occupied Crimea and other Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine's south during the first days of July.
• The Russian-installed occupation authorities in Crimea said on 6 July that they could not provide "a clear timeframe for the full restoration of the electricity supply" on Crimea's southern coast and that it was impossible to post electricity supply schedules.

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