Ukrainian forces said they had completely destroyed the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal, which links Crimea with the Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region. Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces published video of the strike. At the time of publication, there was no independent confirmation, and Russian officials had not commented.
According to the Ukrainian side, the structure was one of three railway bridges connecting the peninsula with the mainland, alongside the Crimean Bridge and the Chongar bridge.
That same night, Ukrainian forces were also said to have launched a large-scale drone attack on Crimea. One of the reported targets was a thermal power plant in Kerch, where a major fire broke out and smoke was reportedly visible for dozens of kilometers.
Afterward, power disruptions began across the peninsula. Yevpatoria, Saky, Dzhankoi, and Krasnoperekopsk were left completely without electricity. The Russian-installed authorities in Crimea blamed the outages on “technological disruptions in the power grids.” In some districts, electricity has been supplied for only a few hours a day on a schedule since Sunday, when the region’s energy system was also attacked.
As Meduza reports, the situation in Crimea has worsened in recent weeks amid intensified Ukrainian strikes on the “near rear” and on supply routes running through occupied parts of the Kherson and Donetsk regions. Trucks delivering goods to the peninsula, especially fuel, have reportedly been among the targets.
Fuel had been sold under a coupon system for several weeks, and from June 21 gasoline sales at filling stations were halted entirely, with only state services allowed to buy it. Later, the Crimean authorities said they would allow up to 200 liters of fuel per passenger car to be brought across the Crimean Bridge, up from the previous 100-liter limit.
“We will increase the number of our pilots operating in tactical depth and destroy the enemy’s logistics much more actively. We will cut off the enemy’s logistics to the point where it will become very difficult for them,” said Ukrainian National Guard commander Oleksandr Pivnenko.