Ukraine drone attack on Crimea cuts power in city

A MASSIVE Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea early yesterday caused power cut-offs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia, Russian authorities said.

The drone raids marked Kyiv's attempt to strike back during Moscow's offensive in north-eastern Ukraine, which has added to the pressure on outnumbered and out-gunned Ukrainian forces who are waiting for delayed deliveries of crucial weapons and ammunition from Western partners.

A Ukrainian intelligence official confirmed to the Associated Press that Ukraine's Security Service and Military Intelligence conducted a joint operation to strike Russia's military infrastructure sites in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea coast, and occupied Sevastopol.