In Crimea, occupiers complain about the state of roads: washed away by rain

Crimean gauleiter Sergey Aksyonov admitted the failure of road repairs on the temporarily occupied peninsula and called the situation "disappointing".

According to Krym.Realii, residents are complaining about the quality of the work. Most complaints come from Kerch, as well as Simferopol, Saky and Bakhchisaray districts.

People report that the patching doesn't actually work - after the rains, the roads return to their previous state: with pits and puddles. In addition, there are complaints about the materials used - the crushed stone used, according to locals, resembles a mixture of clay or even ordinary soil.

There are also no clear repair schedules, and where they do exist, the deadlines are often missed.

Against this background, Sergei Aksyonov threatened to fire officials who do not control the situation. He said that managers who do not visit the sites and do not check the work should be "simply fired."

At the same time, the occupation authorities have previously reported billions of dollars in spending on roads. In 2026, they plan to allocate more than 45 billion rubles for these needs, and in 2025, they announced the repair and construction of more than 900 kilometers of roads.

Despite this, the actual state of the roads causes massive discontent among residents.

As a reminder, the conflict in Crimea has been raging: the Moscow-based FSB has started checking the activities of Sergei Aksyonov. The occupying head of the peninsula is suspected of large-scale corruption and abuse of power.

As Intent previously wrote, after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, a large-scale redistribution of property took place on the peninsula. The most valuable assets went to Russian elites, while some were controlled by entities linked to Vladimir Putin.

At the same time, while Ukraine was losing control of Crimea, Sevastopol's power grids were actually working for the Russian military machine - under the cover of a Ukrainian company. An extensive scheme with "clones" of companies and fictitious owners provided electricity to the Russian fleet and security forces for years, disguising the business as legal.

Андрій Колісніченко