For Yulia, a 23-year-old resident of Crimea, nights have become sleepless due to increased Ukrainian drone attacks on the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

Kyiv¡¯s army is pounding supply routes and striking energy facilities across the Black Sea territory ¡ª a campaign it sees as fair retribution for Moscow¡¯s daily barrages of Ukrainian cities, and one that it hopes will turn the tide of the four-year war in its favor.

On Thursday, the Moscow-installed governor of Crimea announced power cuts across the peninsula, which despite the war had been a popular holiday destination for Russians.