Ukrainian Drone Strike on Taman Power Substation Causes Fire

A nighttime strike by Ukrainian drones on the Russian Taman power substation in the Krasnodar Krai resulted in a fire, which was captured by satellites.

The local operational headquarters reported the UAV attack and the subsequent fire.

This substation is a key node of Russia’s so-called energy bridge to the temporarily occupied Crimea.

The fire at the energy facility near the village of Starotitarovsk in the Temryuk district was also detected by NASA FIRMS satellites.

The image shows several hotspots, although the Russians have already claimed to have extinguished the fire with the help of 40 people and 13 pieces of equipment.

As is customary for the Russian Federation, regional authorities stated that the fire was caused by falling ‘UAV debris.’ There are reportedly no casualties.

In the morning, the aggressor country’s Ministry of Defense announced the downing of 26 Ukrainian drones, including 14 over the territory of the Krasnodar Krai.

A previous attack on this power substation took place on the night of February 27 using 13 drones at once. The strike partially disabled it.

The importance of the Taman power substation

The Taman power substation (500/220 kV Taman) is a large 500 kV trunk substation that is part of Russia’s unified power grid.

It is one of the key elements of the power supply to occupied Crimea via the Kerch Strait. All four lines of the power bridge from the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation to the occupied peninsula pass through the substation.

Disabling such facilities creates a power shortage on the occupied peninsula and limits the operation of Russian industrial and military facilities.

As a reminder, yesterday the Ukrainian Navy deployed domestically produced FP-2 kamikaze drones to strike a Russian air defense repair facility in Sevastopol.