Occupied Crimea extends school break as Ukrainian strikes leave the peninsula without power

Source: Sergei Aksyonov

Crimea has extended its school break amid power outages, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia-appointed head of the annexed region, confirmed on Wednesday.

Aksyonov cited “the current difficult situation” as the reason for the extension and urged everyone to “be understanding.” He said classes were expected to resume on November 9.

Crimea lost power overnight on November 3. Regional authorities initially said the outage was “due to a failure on the main transmission lines.” Outages continued on November 4, and Russia’s Energy Ministry acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure were responsible.

Ukrainian forces began a campaign in June aimed at disrupting Crimea’s electricity supply. Since then, the peninsula has repeatedly lost power, which has in turn caused problems with its water supply.

The scheduled fall break in Russian schools in 2026 ran from October 26 to November 3.

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