Crimea’s Sevastopol restricts power supply after Ukrainian attacks

Sevastopol, one of the largest cities in Russian-controlled Crimea, is limiting power supplies after overnight Ukrainian attacks, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Crimea has already introduced restrictions on gasoline usage because of fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and logistics infrastructure.

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Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, said on Telegram that electricity would be supplied for two hours, followed by six-hour outages.

“I understand how difficult this is, which is why we are doing everything possible to stabilize the situation. A team of specialists is currently working to reconfigure the system and deploy all available reserves,” he said.

“Our goal is to reduce the shortfall by this evening and make outages and switching operations less frequent.”

He also urged households to avoid using high-power appliances where possible to prevent overloading the system.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy and logistics infrastructure have disrupted fuel supplies, with many strikes targeting Crimea in an effort to undermine Russia’s control of the peninsula.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, although most countries do not recognize Moscow’s authority over the region.

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