Military — 2026-07-03

Ukraine Shuts Down 13 Russian Power Stations Across Occupied Territories in 48-Hour Drone Campaign

BLUFSustained Ukrainian strikes on grid nodes and fuel depots across occupied territory are degrading the infrastructure backbone that sustains Russian garrison operations in southern Ukraine.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces disabled 12 Russian-controlled electrical substations and one gas distribution station across occupied Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts over 48 hours on July 1-2, USF Commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi said 123. Ten of the 12 substations were in Crimea, including those near Feodosia, Donuzlav, and Rodnykove, while the remaining two substations and the gas distribution station near Aidar were split between Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts; a separate fuel depot was hit in occupied Melitopol 123. United24 Media's detailed accounting, also sourced to Brovdi, credits at least six named USF drone regiments and State Border Guard Service units with the strikes 23. Kyiv Independent and Euromaidan Press both put the total at 13 power stations, matching Brovdi's tally of 12 substations plus the gas facility 12.

Analysis
Ukraine's strikes on substations feeding Feodosia, Donuzlav, and other nodes target grid redundancy rather than isolated facilities, raising the repair burden on Russian crews already stretched by weeks of prior attacks and compounding a fuel and electricity crisis that forced occupation authorities to declare a state of emergency on the peninsula. The parallel hit on the Melitopol fuel depot shows the campaign widening beyond electricity to fuel stocks sustaining occupation forces across multiple oblasts. Reporting rests entirely on Commander Brovdi's Telegram statement, amplified without independent verification or corroborating imagery by Kyiv Independent, Euromaidan Press, and United24 Media; the tally may reflect operational messaging projecting momentum behind Ukraine's stated aim of isolating Crimea rather than an independent battle damage assessment.

4 sources

Moscow will fall — 13 Russian power stations shut down across occupied Ukraine, military says - Kyiv Independent
Ukrainian drones disabled 13 Russian power stations across occupied territory in 48 hours, commander says - Euromaidan Press
Ukrainian Forces Target Russian Energy Grid, Striking 12 Substations in 48 Hours - United24 Media
SBS drones shut down 12 electrical substations and 1 gas distribution station in occupied territory in 48 hours - Robert "Madyar" Brovdi (Unmanned Systems Forces Commander), Telegram