Kremlin-installed authorities say Ukrainian attacks forced emergency cuts in at least five cities. In Russia, Yaroslavl Governor Mikhail Yevrayev says a refinery was struck and two workers were injured.
Kremlin-installed authorities in annexed Crimea said Ukrainian attacks on the power grid overnight November 2–3 forced emergency electricity cuts in at least five cities. Restrictions affected Sevastopol, Alushta, Saky, Yevpatoria and Kerch.
The cuts followed a brief lifting of restrictions in Sevastopol: dispatchers ordered all consumers reconnected late on 2 November, but restrictions returned after the overnight attack.
Sevastopol receives most of its electricity from outside the city. Its Russia-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said energy infrastructure outside the city was attacked again overnight and the incoming supply was too low to maintain the previous schedule of two hours with power followed by six without it.
The electricity provider Krymenergo said customers also lost power in settlements including Saky, Alushta, Yevpatoria and Feodosia. Alushta introduced rolling outages because available capacity had fallen, while power interruptions reduced water pressure in Yevpatoria, The Insider said.
An October 24 attack on energy infrastructure outside Sevastopol had already left much of the city without power. Razvozhayev said that evening that about 40% of the city had electricity, while other consumers were connected in rotation. After supply was temporarily restored on 25 October, the grid became overloaded again; authorities introduced a three-hours-on, three-hours-off schedule before returning to two hours on and six off on 27 October.
Yaroslavl Governor Mikhail Yevrayev confirmed that the Slavneft-Yanos refinery was struck in an overnight attack and that two workers were injured. He did not give details of the damage,
Kyivvodokanal said Russian attacks had cut power to its main water facilities on 3 November. The whole metro network was also suspended, while the water supplier and electricity workers worked to restore service.
Rosneft and Gazprom jointly own the refinery, which can process 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Ukraine says the facility supplies fuel and lubricants to the Russian military.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted 856 Ukrainian drones across Russia and annexed Crimea overnight.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said Russian attacks damaged energy facilities in 10 regions. Emergency outages were reported in Kyiv and six surrounding regions. Ukrainian private energy company DTEK said 3 thermal power plants were forced to shut down after the attacks.
In Crimea, emergency restoration work is underway, but the time needed to complete it remains unknown.
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