Russia, Crimea and Ukraine
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UKRAINE is turning occupied Crimea into a “trap” for Russian forces – one drone at a time – to strangle logistics and force its occupier to wither on the vine. Since the
For months, Ukrainian forces have quietly targeted the vital hubs and supply lines that keep the Russian military machine running. Now, a daring new strike shows just how vulnerable those distant targets really are.
CRIMEA HAS been a bridgehead for Russia since it seized the territory from Ukraine in 2014. But the peninsula is now looking vulnerable. Ukraine has stepped up its drone campaign, targeting strategic infrastructure including electrical substations,
With vital supply lines being slowly choked and nonstop drone strikes, Vladimir Putin is struggling to maintain his grip on Crimea.
The strikes are part of Ukraine's ongoing effort to isolate occupied Crimea by disrupting the military and commercial infrastructure that sustains the peninsula.
Perspective: Crimea was Putin’s trophy. Ukraine is turning it into a test of command, supply lines and political nerve.
Russian tourists are continuing to take their summer holidays in Crimea despite persistent Ukrainian drone attacks, a state of emergency, fuel shortages and power outages on the annexed Black Sea peninsula.
Ukraine's Omega special forces unit said on July 16 that it struck a Russian Su-24M frontline bomber at the Saky air base in Russian-occupied Crimea. The Su-24M is a modernized version of the Sukhoi Su-24,
Kyiv’s campaign of drone strikes has caused a fuel and electricity crisis in the occupied Black Sea peninsula, triggering a state of emergency.
The Russian president has long regarded the peninsula he seized from Ukraine as an impregnable fortress. The apparent normality, however, is a trompe-l’œil behind which Moscow is trying to mask significant blows,
