What happened

Interfax, citing Krasnodar’s regional operational headquarters, reports that falling drone debris caused a fire at a substation in Bely, Temryuk district, cutting electricity to three settlements. The headquarters subsequently reported the fire extinguished and local electricity restored on 24 October. Kommersant separately relays the initial fire and later restoration statements. No injuries were reported in the regional account. The reviewed sources do not identify the substation by technical name or voltage, quantify damaged equipment or customers, or establish a deliberate direct strike on the installation. This settlement-level marker is not a surveyed substation coordinate. It must not be equated with the separately alleged Taman substation strike or used as proof that power across Crimea was restored. The date window reflects an overnight event with no verified UTC+0 onset time.

When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.