Ukrainian drones disabled 13 Russian power stations across occupied territory in 48 hours, commander says

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said their units struck 13 Russian-controlled energy and logistics targets across occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine over a 48-hour period, disrupting electrical infrastructure and fuel supplies supporting Russian operations.

The operation is the latest in Ukraine’s expanding campaign to disrupt Russian military logistics far behind the front line. Rather than focusing solely on ammunition depots and command posts, Ukrainian drone forces have increasingly targeted the energy and logistics infrastructure that keeps Russian troops and occupation authorities operating in occupied territories.

In a statement on July 2, Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert Brovdi, known by the callsign “Madyar,” said Ukrainian drone units disabled 12 electrical substations and one gas distribution station between July 1 and 2.

Strikes targeted occupied Crimea

Most of the reported strikes were carried out in Russian-occupied Crimea, where Ukrainian forces said they hit high-voltage substations near Feodosia, Donuzlav, Rodnykove, Karierne, Mytiaieve, Shyroke, and other locations.

Crimea has faced a wave of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes in recent weeks targeting substations, fuel depots, and other energy infrastructure. The attacks have caused repeated power outages and fuel shortages across the occupied peninsula while increasing pressure on Russian military logistics.

Expanding operation against Russian presence in occupied territories

According to the statement, additional targets included a fuel depot in occupied Melitopol, an electrical substation linked to the Starobesheve Thermal Power Plant in occupied Donetsk Oblast, and energy infrastructure in occupied Luhansk Oblast.

Multiple drone units from Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reportedly participated in the coordinated operation.

Campaign targets Russia’s rear logistics

Ukraine has increasingly used long-range drones to target energy infrastructure, fuel storage facilities, logistics hubs, and military support networks deep behind Russian lines, seeking to complicate Moscow’s ability to sustain combat operations in occupied territories.

The military did not specify the extent of the damage at each site.

In a brief message accompanying the list of strikes, Brovdi concluded: “Moscow will fall.”