Power was fully or partly cut across the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region early on Friday (26 June), according to the Moscow-installed governor Vladimir Saldo.
Saldo said on Telegram that the outage had hit areas bordering Crimea, but gave no further details.
The cuts came as the power network in Crimea also came under strain after Ukrainian drone attacks. In Sevastopol, the largest city on the peninsula, officials limited power supply to stop the grid from being overloaded.
Crimea has been under Russian control since Moscow annexed it in 2014. Kyiv and most Western countries still view the peninsula as Ukrainian territory. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has often struck military, fuel and transport sites there, saying they support Moscow’s war effort.
The latest disruption has also fed into a wider fuel problem in Crimea. The region is a key holiday spot for many Russians in summer, but travel there is now being scaled back.
Sergei Aksyonov, Crimea’s Russia-installed governor, said on Thursday that the number of trains to the peninsula would be cut step by step. He had earlier ordered children's summer camps in Crimea to be suspended.
Aksyonov also said one person was killed on Thursday in a drone attack near the crossing from Crimea into the Russian-held part of Kherson.
The power cuts and travel curbs underline the growing pressure on Russian-held areas near the Black Sea. For Moscow, Crimea is both a political symbol and a key military hub.
For Ukraine, it remains a central target as it tries to weaken Russian supply routes and push the war further from its own cities.
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