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Ukraine Strikes 29 Energy Facilities in Temporarily Occupied Territories During “Crimean Switch Off” Operation
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Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck 29 energy infrastructure facilities in Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea overnight on August 13 as part of the “Crimean Switch Off” operation, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, said.
According to Brovdi on August 14, the targets included the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol, as well as multiple electrical substations and a gas distribution station.
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“Occupational noir: +29 energy nodes in the south of the temporarily occupied territories were visited by the Bird of the Unmanned Systems Forces as part of the ‘Crimean Switch Off’ operation,” Brovdi said.
The commander said that between July 1 and August 13, Ukrainian forces had successfully struck 240 energy infrastructure facilities as part of the operation.
The latest strikes targeted facilities in the temporarily occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, including substations in Berdiansk, Mariupol, Prymorsk, Chernihivka, Mykolaivka, and other settlements.
The Unmanned Systems Forces also struck the GRS-1 Mariupol gas distribution station in the occupied Donetsk region.
Brovdi said the operation also aims to disrupt Russian air defense infrastructure by cutting power to stationary radars and other elements of the system.
“De-energizing stationary radars and other elements of the enemy’s air defense disrupts the system protecting the sky and opens the way for the freedom-loving Ukrainian bird,” he said.
Among the facilities targeted overnight was the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Several days earlier, Russia’s largest liquefied petroleum gas producer has suspended operations indefinitely following a Ukrainian drone strike on the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical complex in Tobolsk, more than 2,200 kilometers (1,370 miles) from the front line.
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