Ukrainian long range strikes cripple Crimea power and fuel

Ukrainian forces have intensified a campaign of long-range strikes targeting critical infrastructure in Russian-occupied Crimea, causing widespread power outages and a deepening fuel crisis on the peninsula. The attacks, which Ukrainian officials describe as an effort to isolate Crimea and disrupt Russian military logistics, have escalated over several days this week.

On Tuesday, June 23, a Russian ballistic missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least three people and injured 25, according to local officials. The attack employed a cluster munition warhead, scattering explosives over a wide area. President Volodymyr Zelensky, a native of the city, called for faster deliveries of international air defense systems, stating that delays cost lives.

In Crimea, Ukrainian forces conducted a series of drone strikes on energy and transport infrastructure. Ukrainian Special Operations Forces claimed the destruction of a strategic railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne. The military said the bridge, described as a key logistics route for supplying Russian forces in southern Ukraine, was struck in two phases, with initial...