Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis
Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis Ukraine is ramping up short-, medium- and long-range drone production to bring...
Key points
- Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis Ukraine is ramping up short-, medium- and long-range drone production to bring Russia’s war to a standstill.
- Crimea’s energy crisis deepened during the past week, as Ukraine demonstrated it could exercise fire control over the peninsula to cut off its fuel and electricity, and Russian occupation authorities said there was no schedule for a return to normality despite Moscow’s help.
- Ukraine’s commander of unmanned forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, said it “paralyzes the feeder fleet of Russian courier tankers”, in comments on his Telegram messaging channel.
- “It essentially prevents the export of ‘black gold’,” said Brovdi, and “restricts the delivery of scarce gasoline to Crimea via the narrow channel of the shallow Sea of Azov, leaving the main and very dangerous method of delivery as rail and road tank cars.” During the first 10 days of the operation until July 16, Brovdi said, Ukraine had struck 147 tankers of the Russian shadow fleet.
What happened
Ukraine ‘cuts off’ Crimea from Russia, plunging it into an energy crisis Ukraine is ramping up short-, medium- and long-range drone production to bring Russia’s war to a standstill. Crimea’s energy crisis deepened during the past week, as Ukraine demonstrated it could exercise fire control over the peninsula to cut off its fuel and electricity, and Russian occupation authorities said there was no schedule for a return to normality despite Moscow’s help. Ukraine’s commander of unmanned forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, said it “paralyzes the feeder fleet of Russian courier tankers”, in comments on his Telegram messaging channel. “It essentially prevents the export of ‘black gold’,” said Brovdi, and “restricts the delivery of scarce gasoline to Crimea via the narrow channel of the shallow Sea of Azov, leaving the main and very dangerous method of delivery as rail and road tank cars.” During the first 10 days of the operation until July 16, Brovdi said, Ukraine had struck 147 tankers of the Russian shadow fleet. On Tuesday, July 14, Ukraine struck the Neftekhim Salavat refinery in Bashkortostan, 1,200km (746 miles) from Ukraine, and the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai, its General...