Ukraine Targets Crimea’s Gas Network and Russian Supply Lines in Sweeping Drone Raid

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) carried out a series of overnight drone strikes targeting gas infrastructure in temporarily occupied Crimea and Russian military logistics assets across occupied southern and eastern Ukraine.

According to statements published by SBS Commander Maj. Robert “Madyar” Brovdi and Ukraine’s military on June 20, Ukrainian drone units struck four gas compressor stations in temporarily occupied Crimea, a bridge connecting the peninsula with Russian forces in southern Ukraine, as well as fuel tankers, armored vehicles, and other military logistics assets.

According to Brovdi, Ukrainian drone units struck gas compressor stations near Zhuravlivka, Aromatne, Kliuchi, and Lokhivka in temporarily occupied Crimea. The facilities are part of the peninsula’s gas transportation infrastructure.

The strikes also hit the road bridge across the Henichesk Strait in temporarily occupied Kherson region. Ukraine’s General Staff said the bridge is used by Russian forces to transport personnel, equipment, and supplies between temporarily occupied Crimea and military groupings operating in southern Ukraine.

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Additional targets included a harbor tugboat in temporarily occupied Skadovsk, fuel tankers in Donetsk and Kherson regions, a BAZ-6403 heavy military tractor, two armored vehicles in temporarily occupied Luhansk region, and multiple logistics vehicles operating across temporarily occupied Crimea, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.

According to the SBS, operators from several Ukrainian drone units participated in the operation, including the 414th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade “Birds of Madyar,” the 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center, the 427th Separate Brigade “Rarog,” and the 20th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade K-2.

Earlier, multiple energy infrastructure sites across temporarily occupied Crimea were reportedly targeted in an overnight drone attack, including the Tavriiska Thermal Power Plant near Simferopol, a TES fuel and liquefied gas terminal, and a gas distribution station connected to the Dzhankoi–Simferopol pipeline. NASA FIRMS satellite data detected thermal anomalies and fires at the facilities following the strike.

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