Ukraine strikes leave Sevastopol, Crimea's biggest city, without power

Sevastopol, the biggest city in Russian-occupied Crimea, was left without power after Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula. The blackout is the latest in a sustained Ukrainian effort to degrade Russian logistics and energy infrastructure behind the front, which in recent days has also included strikes on oil facilities in Crimea and the Krasnodar region.

Hitting power and fuel in Crimea serves a military purpose beyond the immediate disruption: the peninsula is a key staging and supply hub for Russian forces, and pressure there complicates Moscow’s ability to sustain operations. The strikes continue even as broader diplomatic activity around the war proceeds, underscoring that the fighting has not paused.

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