On the morning of June 25, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed head of annexed Sevastopol, said the city had entered a temporary power supply restriction regime. According to him, outages would be imposed selectively and only when necessary, but no exact hourly schedule had been provided at the time of the announcement.
Razvozhayev said the measure was needed to relieve overload on power grids outside Sevastopol. He argued that this was necessary to prevent an accident across the entire energy system.
“If possible, please try to reduce the load on the grid now and avoid using high-power electrical appliances,” Razvozhayev told city residents.
The electricity restrictions were introduced a day after, according to reports, Ukraine attacked the main electrical substation in Sevastopol with drones. During June 24, some parts of the city had already experienced outages.
During the night of June 25, Razvozhayev reported that electricity supply had been restored. However, by morning, the authorities announced a new restriction regime.
The notice about the outages came amid the continuing war. A related update also said that the Ukrainian military had reported destroying one of the three bridges linking Crimea with the mainland, while the peninsula was also facing power disruptions and gasoline shortages.