Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea knock out power and water, target military infrastructure

A major Ukrainian drone campaign overnight on July 26, 2026, targeted critical military and energy infrastructure across Russian-occupied Crimea. The strikes destroyed a Russian S-400 missile launcher, hit a Chornomornaftogaz facility, and damaged multiple electrical substations, including the Tavriya Thermal Power Plant. The attacks triggered widespread power outages and water supply disruptions in cities like Yevpatoria, Saki, and Sevastopol. Russia claimed to intercept 133 drones during the barrage.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea

• ▪Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Chornomornaftogaz facility near Vnukovo and a drone relay station in the Chornomorsk area of Crimea overnight on July 26, 2026.
• ▪Ukrainian forces targeted a road bridge in the Vyselky area of Donetsk Oblast, a drone storage facility near Chervonopopivka, and a Russian troop concentration in Purdivka, Luhansk Oblast.

Military infrastructure targeting

• ▪Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian radar station on Mount Tepe-Oba near Feodosia overnight on July 26, 2026.
• ▪Ukrainian troops destroyed a launcher and radar from a Russian S-400 missile defense system in Crimea overnight into July 26, 2026.

Energy infrastructure targeting

• ▪A Wildberries warehouse in Simferopol caught fire following explosions during the nighttime Ukrainian drone strikes on July 26, 2026.
• ▪Ukrainian drone strikes targeted the Tavriya Thermal Power Plant in Simferopol and the 110/35/6–10 kV NS-16 substation between Novopokrovka and Vladislavivka overnight on July 26, 2026.

Power outages across peninsula

• ▪The cities of Yevpatoria and Saki lost power completely, rolling blackouts were implemented in Sevastopol, and a complex electricity distribution situation affected northwestern, eastern, and southern Crimea on July 26, 2026.
• ▪Strikes on July 21, 2026, targeted the Zorya, Morske, and Gaspra electrical substations, cutting power to multiple coastal resort towns in Crimea.

Water supply disruptions

• ▪Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimean energy infrastructure caused widespread water supply disruptions and dry faucets across several towns on the peninsula.

Russian air defense response

• ▪Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems were active on the southern coast of Crimea near Alushta and Gaspra during the overnight drone strikes.
• ▪The Russian Defense Ministry stated its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 133 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, the Black Sea, and Crimea between Saturday night and Sunday morning.