Ukrainian forces disable 374 Russian energy facilities in Crimea in 2 months
Photo: Military unmanned systems regiment (Getty Images)
During the two months of Operation Crimean Circuit Breaker Off, unmanned systems forces struck 374 power nodes in Crimea and other parts of the occupied territories, according to Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
From July 6 to September 9, as part of Operation Crimean Circuit Breaker Off, Ukrainian units carried out operations at 374 power distribution nodes in Crimea and the rest of the occupied territories.
According to the commander, during the first week of September alone, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 34 power facilities—in Crimea and in the south and east of the temporarily occupied territories.
Which targets were hit
Among the successfully struck targets were the Luhansk Thermal Power Plant in Schastia, a number of electrical substations with voltages ranging from 110 to 330 kV in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, as well as railway traction substations.
Separately, in Crimea, several gas distribution stations were struck at once, including Yevpatoria, Nyzhniohirskyi, Azovske, and others. Russian mobile fire groups were also struck.
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Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) were deployed for the operation, specifically, the 414th Madyar's Birds Brigade, the 412th Nemesis Brigade, the 20th K-2 Brigade, the 427th Raroh Brigade, as well as the Phoenix group of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Right at the start of the operation, the SBS Birds struck a key facility of the Kuban–Crimea power bridge, through which electricity from mainland Russia flows to the occupied peninsula.
The goal of the operation is to systematically deprive the Russians of electricity and communications, creating logistical and fuel shortages for them. According to Madyar, in August alone, the SBS confirmed the destruction of 240 Russian power facilities in the occupied territories.
