Power Grid
Bakhchysarai 220 kV substation — drone-attack fire
5 July 2026 · About 03:30 local time
Bakhchysarai, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine
What happened
Monitoring groups reported a drone attack and fire at the 220 kV Bakhchysarai substation, a distribution hub linked to transmission lines between Simferopol and Sevastopol. NASA FIRMS detected a heat signature at the facility after drone alerts, and Russian-installed authorities acknowledged regional power disruption while calling it a technological disturbance. No casualty report or detailed equipment-damage assessment was published.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Power Grid
- Latitude
- 44.7558°
- Longitude
- 33.8642°
Attribution
Attributed to Ukraine
Ukrainian monitoring groups attributed the attack to Ukrainian drones; NASA FIRMS independently detected a thermal anomaly at the facility.