Kremlin-backed authorities in annexed Crimea declared a state of emergency on Friday afternoon following days of intense Ukrainian attacks that have knocked out power in parts of the peninsula and compounded ongoing challenges for residents, including fuel shortages and restrictions on public transit. “This state of emergency will remain in effect until the situation improves,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said in a Telegram video address announcing a citywide state of emergency.
The commander of the unmanned forces apologized for inconvenience in an online post, but still, one is not supposed to attack the power grid without a good military reason (e.g. causing temporary distraction in an easy to repair way, disconnecting a particular military object or production facility).
I don’t know the details. Typically, if one flies into a transformer, that is temporary disablement. For comparison, if one flies into a turbine hall, that shows that one intends to take the grid down and keep it down.
However, I would not worry much, since Crimea is home to a lot of Ukrainians. They won’t break the infrastructure badly because their own citizens need it.
Zelensky meanwhile says that he has signed the orders to conduct a 40 day “influence campaign” to influence Russia to negotiate for peace. Speculating a bit, causing severe shortages, an outflow of people and the failure of this tourism season in Crimea (the least defensible part of occupied lands, since it has such a feeble connection to Russia) could be part of this.
Unfortunately, yes.
The commander of the unmanned forces apologized for inconvenience in an online post, but still, one is not supposed to attack the power grid without a good military reason (e.g. causing temporary distraction in an easy to repair way, disconnecting a particular military object or production facility).
I don’t know the details. Typically, if one flies into a transformer, that is temporary disablement. For comparison, if one flies into a turbine hall, that shows that one intends to take the grid down and keep it down.
However, I would not worry much, since Crimea is home to a lot of Ukrainians. They won’t break the infrastructure badly because their own citizens need it.
Zelensky meanwhile says that he has signed the orders to conduct a 40 day “influence campaign” to influence Russia to negotiate for peace. Speculating a bit, causing severe shortages, an outflow of people and the failure of this tourism season in Crimea (the least defensible part of occupied lands, since it has such a feeble connection to Russia) could be part of this.