Drone assault strikes Crimea overnight, critical substation targeted video

On the night of November 22, temporarily occupied Crimea was subjected to a massive drone attack.

According to the Telegram channels Crimean Wind and ASTRA, the first explosions in Simferopol were heard around 12:45 a.m. local time, reportedly near the thermal power plant (GRES).

Ambulances later arrived at the scene. In the northwestern part of the city, a new series of powerful explosions was recorded.

Tensions were also high in the settlement of Hvardiiske, where a Russian airbase is located. Monitoring channel subscribers reported about ten explosions accompanied by sounds of gunfire. Explosions were also reported in Krasnoperekopsk and Armyansk.

Open-source information indicates that one of the likely targets was the 220 kV Krasnoperekopsk substation, which provides main electricity supply to a significant portion of the peninsula.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces attacked a substation in Rylsk, the Kursk region of Russia. About 3,000 people were left without electricity.

The information was provided by Governor Alexander Khinshtein.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a targeted strike on the substation in the Borovskoy district of Rylsk. As a result of the attack, two boiler houses were disabled. Around 3,000 subscribers were left without electricity,” the regional head said, adding that, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties.

By Tamilla Hasanova