Black Sea: around Crimea, kyiv continues its strategy of “a thousand cuts”

2024-03-24T18:19:38.475Z

Highlights: In Ukraine, the armed forces announced this Sunday March 24 that they had struck the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, in Crimea. The attack reportedly sank two amphibious ships and destroyed a command center. A new blow for Moscow, and a new illustration of kyiv's strategy: striking far behind the front line to weaken and disorganize the opposing army. The strategy, known as “a thousand cuts”, aims to disrupt Russia ’s logistics. This is the aim of the strikes in the Belgorod border region, which also have a psychological effect.

Black Sea: around Crimea, kyiv continues its strategy of “a thousand cuts”

In Ukraine, the armed forces announced this Sunday March 24 that they had struck the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, in Crimea. The attack reportedly sank two amphibious ships and destroyed a command center. A new blow for Moscow, and a new illustration of kyiv's strategy: striking far behind the front line to weaken and disorganize the opposing army.

A pedestrian walks past a Chesno movement artwork designed as a stamp depicting Russian warships sunk after Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea, in kyiv on March 15, 2024. AFP - ANATOLII STEPANOV

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Kiev,

Pierre Alonso

While it finds itself in difficulty on the front, where it is fortifying its defense lines to stop Russian advances, Ukraine

increasing its operations far from the combat zones. Latest example: this spectacular attack carried out last night in Crimea, against the Black Sea Fleet.

So, this is not the first time that kyiv has struck the occupied peninsula; The

Yamal

and the

Azov

, the two amphibious ships affected, have joined the already long list of Russian boats sunk over the past two years. But Ukraine seems determined to emphasize these in-depth attacks.

This strategy, known as “a thousand cuts”, aims to disrupt Russia

’s logistics

. This is the aim of the strikes in the Belgorod border region, which also have a psychological effect by “bringing” the war to Russian territory.

At the same time, kyiv is attacking the sources of revenue of the Russian state, by targeting oil installations. Again on Saturday morning, drones targeted refineries in the Samara region, nearly 1,000 kilometers from the border.

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Black Sea: around Crimea, kyiv continues its strategy of “a thousand cuts”

Black Sea: around Crimea, kyiv continues its strategy of “a thousand cuts”

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