Crimean families queue for hot meals as Ukraine hits power supply
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People line up for hot meals at a field kitchen set up by the local authorities in the settlement of Massandra, Crimea July 31, 2026. Crimea, a popular holiday destination, has suffered power outages and fuel shortages, the latter caused by Ukrainian dron
MASSANDRA, Crimea, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Under a blazing summer sun, a chef poured oil into huge pots set up on a street in the Crimean town of Massandra, preparing to serve dozens of people queuing for a hot meal after Ukrainian attacks cut power to their own kitchens.
Cities and towns across Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, have had to cope with limited fuel supplies for much of the summer amid Ukrainian attacks on power plants and other infrastructure.
Ukraine, whose own cities have been under repeated attack since Moscow sent thousands of troops into the country in 2022, says it is "bringing the war back home to Russia" by intensifying strikes deep inside the country and on territory its neighbour controls.
Standing beside boiling vats of buckwheat, later to be added to plates of reheated tinned beef, Massandra town administration head Oksana Madyud said her workers were serving roughly 200 people per day.
"We're preparing hot meals for people, as under the current circumstances not everyone has the means to cook hot food on electric hobs," she said.
One local woman, Marina, said pain in her leg was making the climb down from her 10th-floor apartment difficult, but the lack of electricity had sent her hunting for a gas cooker and some cylinders.
"There's nothing up there," she said, referring to her apartment. "We've got an electric cooker - that's it."
Another older resident, Alexandra, said she had been lured down by the smell of the lunch after going without electricity for 10 days.
"They turned it back on today, at 4 o'clock" in the afternoon, but she wasn't sure the lights would still be on when she returned home, she added.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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