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Ukraine targets Millerovo air base, cripples energy in occupied south

Drone attacks plunged occupied Ukrainian territories into darkness, complicating Russia’s plans to reactivate the occupied Zaporizhzhia power station.
ukraine targets millerovo air base cripples energy occupied south left tracers sky russia's rostov oblast; right transformer facility explosion melitopol part ukraine's zaporizhzhia oblast 4-5 2025 scource telegram/supernova+ launched overnight
Left: tracers in the sky in Russia’s Rostov Oblast; right: transformer facility explosion in Melitopol in the occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast. 4-5 June 2025. Scource: Telegram/Supernova+
Ukraine targets Millerovo air base, cripples energy in occupied south

Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes on Russian military infrastructure and Russian-occupied power facilities, including an airfield in Rostov Oblast and energy infrastructure in occupied parts of southern Ukraine, leading to damage and power outages.

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly struck Russian logistics and energy infrastructure in both occupied territories and inside Russia. This follows a successful long-range operation against Russian strategic bombers carried out thousands of kilometers from Ukraine just days ago. The ongoing air campaign is aimed at crippling Russian military logistics and its capacity to continue the war. The latest strikes on power infrastructure in occupied southern Ukraine come as Russia reportedly seeks to prepare the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for operation under its control.

Millerovo air base targeted in drone attack

In the early hours of 5 June, explosions were reported across Russia’s Rostov Oblast, adjacent to eastern Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. According to Russian news Telegram channel Astra, local residents claimed that a military airfield in Millerovo came under drone attack. Acting governor of Rostov Oblast Yuriy Slyusar later confirmed that drones were active in the Millerovo district, though he did not explicitly confirm an attack on the airfield.

He stated that debris from the downed drones allegedly caused damage in the village of Sulin, hit structures on two properties on Dachna Street. One house ostensibly had a partially destroyed roof, while another suffered broken windows and torn electric wiring. He added that “No civilians were injured according to emergency services on the ground. The military continues to repel the enemy’s attack. Information is being clarified.”

The Russian defense ministry claimed its air defense systems destroyed 30 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight. It stated that 15 were shot down over Rostov Oblast, 11 over occupied Crimea, two over Belgorod Oblast, and one each over Moscow and Kursk oblasts.

Occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts suffer blackouts

In a separate development, Russian-installed “Kherson Oblast governor” Vladimir Saldo claimed that more than 120,000 people in Russian-occupied parts of Kherson Oblast were left without electricity and water after a strike on a main transformer substation.

The hit allegedly occurred at 23:10 and resulted in a total blackout for 192 settlements across seven “municipal districts” – a term not used in Ukraine’s territorial structure – including Henichesk, Novotroitske, and Velyka Lepetykha.

Occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast reportedly also experienced blackouts. Head of the Russian occupation administration in the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, blamed Ukrainian forces for shelling the area, stating that “no fewer than five explosions were recorded over Melitopol,” along with an attempted strike on a power substation. Power outages were reported in parts of Melitopol, Prymorsk, Enerhodar, and Akimivka.