SSU and SOF Drones Strike Power Bridge to Crimea, Cutting Power to Invaders’ Military Base Substations

Strike drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) targeted Russian energy infrastructure in temporarily occupied Crimea during the night of October 12th–13th.

The Dnipro OSINT Telegram channel reported about the operation.

As part of this large-scale mission, Ukrainian defense forces successfully struck the 330 kV Simferopol substation, located at coordinates 44.92663635897202, 34.20914257849987.

Another precision strike hit the 220 kV Kafa substation at coordinates 45.07648471176358, 35.31592654989191 – a hit confirmed by NASA’s Firms satellite monitoring system.

These substations are critical elements of the so-called ‘power bridge’ to Crimea, which includes two double-circuit 220 kV cable-overhead transmission lines – Taman–Kafa and Taman–Kamysh-Burun – connecting Russia’s Krasnodar Krai to Crimea via the Kerch Strait.

On the Crimean side, the power lines connect to the Kafa and Kamysh-Burun substations, from which electricity is further distributed across the peninsula.

Meanwhile, an oil terminal that supplies fuel to Russian forces was also targeted again. The strike hit JSC Marine Oil Terminal – a strategic facility for transshipping petroleum products in Crimea. Its storage capacity amounts to 250,000 cubic meters.

The campaign of strikes on key energy infrastructure in Crimea is primarily aimed at neutralizing Russian forces on the peninsula, which is used to deploy aviation and naval assets that carry out attacks on Ukrainian territory.

In addition to active strikes on these facilities, the Ukrainian Defense Forces are also targeting military equipment – primarily aircraft and radars.

For example, at the end of September 2025, strike drones of the Prymary (Ghosts) special unit of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed two An-26 military transport aircraft in temporarily occupied Crimea.

In addition to the aircraft, Ukrainian drones also struck enemy radar stations on the peninsula.

On September 22nd, the same unit damaged two Russian Be-12 amphibious aircraft, which the enemy uses for anti-submarine warfare, including long-duration patrols to detect Ukrainian naval drones.