Ukraine’s strikes push Crimea into regional emergency
Crimea has declared a regional emergency after Ukrainian strikes cut power, froze fuel sales and shut summer tourism, bringing the war into daily Russian-controlled life.
Russian-installed authorities in Crimea declared a regional state of emergency on June 26 after weeks of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes disrupted electricity, fuel supplies, tourism and other daily routines on the peninsula. The measures came as local officials moved to simplify damage-claims procedures and contain the economic fallout from attacks that have reached deep into Russian-held territory.
The emergency followed a run of strikes that left petrol stations shut, triggered power cuts across Crimea and Sevastopol, and forced authorities to halt all fuel sales. Tourism and children’s summer camps were suspended until September. Sergei Aksyonov, Crimea’s Russian-installed governor, and Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol, both tied the emergency response to worsening conditions on the ground.
Fuel shortages spread through Sevastopol and other parts of Crimea after Ukrainian attacks hit sea routes and supply roads, leaving some residents to hunt for gasoline on the black market. The latest strikes rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent not seen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014, when Moscow seized a territory most of the world still does not recognize as Russian.
Crimea has remained central to the war because of its role in Russian military logistics, the Black Sea Fleet and access routes into southern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted fuel depots, oil facilities, rail links, bridges, power infrastructure and military targets in and around the peninsula, disrupting the systems that keep both the civilian economy and the Russian war effort moving.
Russia said it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones across a dozen Russian regions, Crimea and the surrounding seas. The strikes targeted oil supplies, power stations, weapons convoys and bridges.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will intensify attacks on Russia.
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