Against the backdrop of a catastrophic fuel shortage and constant power outages, thousands of people have decided to leave occupied Crimea. Due to the high demand, a massive accumulation of vehicles heading towards the Kerch Bridge has been recorded.
The queue of those wishing to leave the territory of the occupied peninsula has stretched for kilometers. This is evidenced by satellite images from Planet Labs dated June 24, published by the Telegram channel "Schemes".
One and a half thousand cars leaving
According to journalists, who obtained the images, the traffic jam starts from the checkpoint before the bridge and ends near the village of Ivanivka in the Kerch district. The length of the traffic jam is over 10 kilometers. The number of vehicles is about 1,500 cars.
Notably, the direction of movement is towards exiting the territory of occupied Crimea towards Russia. In social networks, Russians who decided to move to Ukrainian Crimea are massively complaining about the catastrophic situation on the peninsula and are planning to flee.
Why people are massively leaving the peninsula
The flow of civilian transport is increasing against the backdrop of the deteriorating situation on the Crimean peninsula. Residents of Crimea are increasingly declaring on social media their intention to leave temporarily or permanently due to several key factors.
Russians have decided to return to their country because of regular air raid alerts, missile danger, and air defense activity. Citizens of the aggressor country are also frightened by the constant threat of attacks from Ukrainian naval drones.
However, in recent weeks, the mass exodus from Crimea has been most influenced by the fuel crisis and frequent power outages.
Recall that on the night of June 25, temporarily occupied Crimea again suffered a massive drone attack. The main targets were energy infrastructure facilities, leading to widespread blackouts.
As OBOZ.UA reported, the fuel situation in occupied Crimea remains critical. Residents of the peninsula are standing in kilometer-long queues at gas stations, hoping to buy at least a few liters of gasoline.
