Ukrainian armed forces maintain pressure on Crimea
Ten years after its annexation by Russia, occupied Crimea is today one of the priority objectives of the Ukrainian armed forces.
kyiv is increasing its efforts and carrying out daring military operations to try to retake the peninsula.
Detail of a surveillance video showing smoke above the Russian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 22, 2023, after a Ukrainian strike.
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Air and sea drone attacks, missile fire, the
Ukrainian
armed forces maintain pressure on the peninsula, which constitutes an important base for the logistics of
Russian
troops .
Isolating Crimea to reduce the supply of men and equipment “
is extremely important for us, because it is the way to reduce the number of attacks coming from this region
”, explained Volodymyr Zelensky at the very beginning of the year in an interview with
The Economist
, emphasizing that “
Crimea and the battle in the Black Sea (would become) the center of gravity of the war
”.
Also read Ten years ago, the annexation of Crimea by Russia
New “
surprises
” to come on the peninsula
Earlier this month, Ukrainian military intelligence released video of the alleged naval drone attack on a modern Russian patrol boat, the
Sergei Kotov.
In late December, one of the largest amphibious warships, the
Novocherkassk
, was hit by long-range missiles in the port of Feodosiya.
Three months earlier, Ukrainian armed forces had bombed the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov announced new "
surprises
" coming to the peninsula, emphasizing that Russia's war against Ukraine began not two years ago, but ten years ago, with the occupation of Ukrainian Crimea.
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