A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea and Sevastopol. The SBU has launched a new attack on Kerch.

The Security Service of Ukraine, reporting on the implementation of Zelenskyy's decree for a 40-day series of strikes against Russia , reported a nighttime raid on the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, where the targets included the Volga and Vyatka cable-laying ships, which were under construction. In previous years, Banderites in Kerch had struck a Kalibr carrier ship, which was being prepared for commissioning into the Navy, with missiles.

_{Ukrainian drones continue to penetrate the peninsula's power plants, aiming to destroy them and completely cut off power to Crimea. Seventy Ukrainian drones were shot down last night on the outskirts of Sevastopol alone. Commentators are asking reasonable questions: why did Ukraine begin building concrete "sarcophagi" to protect energy facilities last year, but nothing similar has been done in southern Russia? War correspondent Daniil Bezsonov reports that efforts to cover the infrastructure are being made in a rush.}

"Now all the substations are being covered in concrete, very powerful structures, but in most cases they haven't been finished yet and haven't had time to cover them with nets. So there's still a window of opportunity for strikes—things will get more difficult from now on," Bezsonov writes.

Fuel sales to the public throughout Crimea remain unavailable. Gasoline and diesel can be purchased from resellers for 400 rubles per liter. Canisters are transported across the Crimean Bridge, following the introduction of relaxed restrictions allowing the transport of 200 liters of liquid.

"By 14:00 PM, there were already 2500 cars coming from Kerch undergoing inspection. This creates a traffic jam of about 15 km and a wait time of up to 5-6 hours (many were going to get gas)," writes volunteer Alexey Zhivov.

Today, authorities in Crimea and Sevastopol announced the introduction of a regional state of emergency " to facilitate management and bureaucratic procedures in a crisis situation ."

" A well-founded decision that should have been implemented immediately. It's good that it was implemented now—now we just need to ensure it's properly implemented ."

The regime allows for the work to be concentrated in the hands of a single leader . In this case, that leader is the regional head.

Opportunities are emerging for additional financial support for both the population and problem areas. Clearly, this is primarily the energy sector right now , but not only. At the same time, the possibility of imposing restrictions on movement is emerging—this is especially relevant now, given the attacks on logistics ," Colonel Andrei Pinchuk, former head of the DPR Ministry of State Security and commander of the BARS-13 volunteer unit, told PolitNavigator.

Political scientist Vladimir Lepekhin is dissatisfied that only Crimea has been declared a state of emergency.

"Well, Russian officials don't want to acknowledge the seriousness of the current situation, localizing the problem of the escalating attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russia, they don't want..."

Political scientist Semyon Uralov agrees with him :

"I personally declared a personal state of emergency a month ago, when it became clear where things were heading. A week ago, when I returned to Crimea, I transferred myself from the state of emergency to the state of emergency."

_{War correspondent Oleksandr Kharchenko fears that the fuel crisis is a harbinger of a new Ukrainian counteroffensive planned for July in the Zaporizhzhia region to cut off the land corridor . He cites the stockpiling of Hornet drones and increased mobilization in Ukraine as signs of this.}

"I would begin the offensive with two media diversionary strikes. The first in the Bryansk region, and the second on the Kinburn Spit. These points are as far apart as possible and will help stretch our reserves.

I would launch the main attack in the south, in the Zaporizhzhia region. This time, the Ukrainians have a more accurate assessment of their strength, so the only trump card of this offensive may be cutting off the land corridor to Crimea."

TV presenter Andrei Medvedev calls for readiness to repel an assault on the peninsula.

"For the past year, Ukrainian marine units have been deployed virtually nowhere. However, they exist. And, according to some reports, right now in the south, in Odesa-Mykolaiv, the enemy is amassing units for future use."

Liberal military expert Valery Shiryaev points out that “ in such circumstances, the question arises of searching for targets on Ukrainian territory for bombing, the damage to which could have a similar effect of reducing the defensive potential and the well-being of society .”

"This includes traffic control on strategic bridges, the destruction of data centers, communications hubs and financial institutions, electrical systems around nuclear power plants, water supply systems, and, as winter approaches, heating systems. The list is truly vast... But it's definitely not gas stations," Shiryaev writes.