# ‘I don’t think beyond tomorrow’: How occupied Crimea is surviving one of the war’s hardest summers

https://mins.news/en/item/28391

- Meduza, 2026-08-21 12:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/21/i-don-t-think-beyond-tomorrow-how-people-in-occupied-crimea-are-surviving-one-of-the-hardest-summers-of-the-war

> Occupied Crimea is enduring one of its hardest summers in decades, with regular Ukrainian shelling, few tourists, rising prices, and repeated shortages of electricity, water, and gasoline. Residents describe prolonged outages, weak water pressure, fuel lines, closed businesses, and childcare disruptions, while saying they do not plan to leave.

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