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Ukrainian drones disabled 12 electrical substations and one gas distribution station across temporarily occupied territories within a 48-hour period on July 1 and July 2.
The systematic strikes heavily impacted the energy grid in occupied Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions. The operation details were reported based on a statement from Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The targeted list of infrastructure hit by different drone units includes the following facilities:
• The 35 kV Ozernenska electrical substation in Karyerne, Crimea was hit by the 9th Kairos Battalion of the 414th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Birds of Madyar.
• The 110 kV Rodnykove electrical substation in Arkadiivka, Crimea was hit by the 9th Kairos Battalion of the 414th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Birds of Madyar.
• The 110/35 kV Vypasne electrical substation in Vypasne, Crimea was hit by the Phoenix group of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
•The 220 kV Donuzlav electrical substation in Krylovka, Crimea was hit by the 427th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Rarog.
•The 110 kV Karyerne electrical substation in Karyerne, Crimea was hit by the 9th Kairos Battalion of the 414th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Birds of Madyar.
• The 110 kV Mytyayeve electrical substation in Mytyayeve, Crimea was hit by the 9th Kairos Battalion of the 414th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Birds of Madyar.
• The 220 kV Feodosiiska electrical substation in Feodosia, Crimea was hit by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
• The electrical substation at the Starobesheve Thermal Power Plant in Novyi Svit, Donetsk region was hit by the 2nd Wormbusters Battalion of the 414th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Birds of Madyar.
• The 110 kV electrical substation at the Okhotnikovo Solar Power Plant in Karyerne, Crimea was hit by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
• The 110 kV electrical substation in Shyroke, Crimea was hit by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
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• The 330 kV Zakhidno-Krymska electrical substation in Karyerne, Crimea was hit by the Phoenix group of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the 412th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Nemesis.
• The fuel and lubricants depot in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region was hit by the 412th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces Nemesis.
• The gas distribution station in Aidar, Luhansk region was hit by the 20th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces K-2.
• The electrical substation in Tymonove, Luhansk region was hit by the 20th Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces K-2.
The commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces commented on the operations on social media. "The night is so moonlit, starry, clear. Moscow will fall," Brovdi wrote.
These strikes followed another deep-penetration drone operation on the night of July 2, 2026, which targeted an oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, approximately 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The strike on the Kstovo refinery caused a major fire at the industrial facility, which sits near another strategically vital site for the Russian military.
The recent actions are part of a broader Ukrainian campaign targeting the energy architecture supporting the Russian military.
Ukrainian defense forces have previously launched successful strikes against eight of the ten largest oil refineries inside Russia, with several of these major industrial plants being targeted multiple times since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces reported a series of long-range drone strikes targeting Russian energy, logistics, and military infrastructure across occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine, including the Hlibivske underground gas storage facility on the Tarkhankut Peninsula, radar stations, fuel transport assets, and military command posts.
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