Regionwide Blackout Hits Crimea After Ukrainian Attacks
The Defense Ministry said the attack hit targets across more than 20 regions, while Crimea reported a blackout and Yaroslavl’s refinery was struck.
- Ukrainian drones struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl on July 6, one of Russia's largest oil-processing plants, according to monitoring outlets Astra and Exilenova.
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting 519 Ukrainian drones overnight on July 6 across more than 20 regions of Russia, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov, though the total number launched remains unknown.
- Regional authorities in Yaroslavl confirmed the attack while Governor Mikhail Yevrayev provided no statement on consequences; witnesses reported smoke rising and traffic toward Moscow was blocked for several hours.
- In the Leningrad region, infrastructure damage occurred at the Luga firing range and near ports of Ust-Luga and Vysotsk, while occupied Sevastopol lost power after energy infrastructure was attacked.
- Krymenergo reported a blackout across all of Crimea, and Russian-appointed Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed that social facilities in occupied Sevastopol switched to backup power and trolleybuses would not run in the morning.
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Regionwide Blackout Hits Crimea After Ukrainian Attacks
Overnight Ukrainian attacks on Crimea knocked out power across the entire annexed peninsula, local energy authorities said Monday morning, as a separate strike on Russia’s Belgorod region killed at least one person.
In Jaroslavla, one of the five largest refineries in Russia was damaged, and there was a large-scale fire.
The Ukrainian military successfully struck an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, with a drone strike on Monday night. Drone attacks on electrical infrastructure also left Sevastopol in occupied Crimea without power.
Over 500 Ukrainian drones strike 20 Russian regions and occupied Crimea overnight. Refinery hit in Yaroslavl, blackout across Crimea.
Russian air defense forces shot down 519 Ukrainian drones overnight on July 6, striking targets across more than 20 regions of Russia, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry said. The total number of drones launched in the attack is unknown; the ministry reported only those intercepted.
In response, Ukraine has launched a wave of Ukrainian drones that has reached the Yaroslavnefteorgsintez refinery in the Yaroslavl region, about 250 kilometres north-east of Moscow
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