Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have damaged 38 energy load centres in temporarily occupied Crimea and the Russian-occupied southern territories in the first days of

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck a key facility receiving electricity via the Kuban-Crimea power bridge, five electricity substations, a training ground and three Russian air defence radar systems on the night of 7-8 July.

Energy shortages have continued to plague Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, following repeated, intensified Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula.

Escalating drone strikes, fuel shortages and power cuts in the region Russia annexed are among the factors turning up the heat on President Vladimir V. Putin.

Strikes on fuel and power infrastructure have cut electricity in parts of Crimea, strained water supplies and pushed residents to the black market for gasoline.

Subscribers to the group's Telegram channel reported hearing several explosions in Kerch. A separate fire is also still burning aboard tankers struck by Ukraine's Defense Forces in the Sea of Azov, "unless,

One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday, as Russian and Ukrainian leaders held separate calls with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war, now in its fifth year.

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.