Power outages occur in five Ukrainian regions following Russian attacks

A new Ukrainian campaign is turning Vladimir Putin’s main supply line into a road of ruin.

The persistent attacks reflect the growing intensity and efficiency of Ukraine’s drone strikes and have caught Russia off-guard and struggling for a response.

Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has suffered from gasoline shortages in the weeks since Ukraine stepped up its mid-range drone attacks against military trucks and fuel tankers that supply the peninsula from the north.