The war between Ukraine and Russia continue to escalate in southern and eastern Ukrine. Despite the intense clashes on the eastern and southern front . The heart of the Ukrainian war is determined as Crimea and Ukraine is getting close to Crimea with each passing day . The Crimean peninsula which Russia unjustly annexed in 2014 has become the ultimate target of the Ukrainian army.
With the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson the gates of Crimea were open to the Ukrainian army . It is among the news that Ukrainian army sent addition troops to Kherson and built up there . The current strategy of the Ukrainian army is to block the Russian logistics routes to Crimea via Kherson and to achieve to decisive the victory .Leaving the Russian troops in Crimea as an open target in recent days .
The Ukrainian army again carried out a series of attacks on Crimea . Russian Air Defense system in Crimea became operational at noon according to eyewitnesses . The guided missiles fired from the Russian air defense systems Donetsk region glided to the sky leaving traces and exploded after a while.
According to the footage the Russian air defense struggled to intercept whats appeared to be missiles in the Niger region of Crimea . While local media claimed that multiple Ukrainian missiles destroyed targets in Crimea . A video was posted on social media showing that Russian air defense prevented the bombs from hitting the area.
The video showed that Russian air defense missile were constantly thrown towards the approaching missiles also in the video after about 15 seconds of continues fire a loud explosion appears as one missile hits the other . Another video shared three days ago defensive shells seemed to be fired in random directions.
Russian forces struggled to block a successful hit .It is unclear whether the explosion was defensive fire hitting Russia own missiles or an offensive one . It was the second attack in Crimea in two days after drones exploded targeting the Russian balback air base near Sevastopol.
According to local officials Russian air defense systems were put into working conditions as they were desperately trying to protect military equipments . Petro Andrewshenko an adviser to the mayor of mariupol confirmed that the air defense were triggered twice . Sevastopol governer Michaela Rasvasive who was later appointed by Russia reported that the Russian air defense system shot down two UAVs over the area .
In the balbec region in the morning we have witnessed at least 10 attacks against Russian military targets in the Russian annexed Crimea in the last 20 days . In addition while the inhabitants of this peninsula continue to be shaken in terms of socioeconomics . They are also disturbed psychologically from being in this region .
The residents of Crimea who wake up every day with anxiety and fear continue to leave the peninsula due to possible Ukrainian attacks . Until now ten thousands of citizens have left the Crimea peninsula of these reason . It is known that escape from the peninsula is still continues .
The Ukrainian forces drones strikes in the Crimea are the worst fears for the residents and invading Russian troops on this peninsula .
Also Russian local carriers refused to go to Crimea along the aforementioned land corridor as they remain on the line of fire of the Ukrainian army . For this reason prices are rising in the occupied peninsula . Civilian carriers that used to carry fuel and supplies via Crimea are leaving the route .
Prices of fuel , medicines and food product skyrockets int the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea . Dennis Chistakop deputy permanent representative of the president of Ukraine Crimea
Stated that the invaders understood that the Crimean bridge was unreliable and could be targeted by Ukrainian forces . All these explosions in Crimea's airstrikes and fact that the Crimean highways are under fire control by Ukraine are leading all ethnic people including Russian leaving in Crimea to revolt against Putin .
Sevastopol is a vital port city for Russia . The Russian Black sea fleet responsible for bombing critical infrastructure across Ukraine is stationed in Sevastopol . It is also the only hot water port Russia has access to Siberian port freeze four months a year due to harsh condition this is crucial for Russia ability to export goods all year round .
The pace of Russia annexation of Crimea when pro western rallies began in Kyiv in 2014 and the extent to which the Ukrainian armed forces have strengthened their land corridor over Crimea since they liberated the southern port city of the Kherson in november is Russia prominence on the global stage .
It is an indicator of the importance of Sevastopol for its influence in a statement shared by Ukraine defense ministry spokesman Andrea Chernyak he stated that Russia is now making every effort to protect the long corridor of Crimea by deploying new military units in the northern parts of the Black sea region . Cherbyuk says they are losing therefore realizing that they will have to conduct combat operations on these lines .
They create defensive structures they can the Russian idea was to seize the Donetsk on the coast of the sea of Azov and their plan was also to cut off Ukraine from the black sea. However Russia could not implement any plan in Ukraine considering that out foreign partners are providing us with new types of weapons .the so-called land corridor to the Crimea is definitely unsafe .
Ukraine will destroy Russian positions in the occupied territories . Choniak’s statement emphasized that the land corridor on the peninsula was not safe and that the residents of Crimea no longer had peace in the region . Also Andrea Cherniac appeared to be talking about the patriot missile defense systems which the US committed to supply to Ukraine in December .
As part of the 1.85 Billion dollars security aid support package announced by the US department of defense . These military aid plans seem to increase the effectiveness both on the Crimean front and on other frontlines. The ground based patriot system will be the most advanced surface to air missile Washington has delivered to Kyiv since the war began.
With a range of of more than 105 km patriots can detect track and fires drones cruise missiles and short range of tactical ballistic missiles . The UK ministery of defense assessed that Russia is regrouping its forces for s possible Ukrainian attack on Crimea . Russian troops reportedly built new trend systems near the border with Crimea.
Ukrainian president Zelensky promised to retake Crimea hours after a counter offensive was launched in the Kherson region at the end of August in a televised speech on August 29 2022 . Zelenski announced that the Ukrainian army has maintained its goal of recapturing Crimea since it was annexed by Putin . After this date the president of Ukraine has repeatedly emphasized that this unjust war will not end until all Ukrainian lands including .
Crimea are liberated Zelensky says this war which began with Russia invasion of our Crimea in an attempt to seize Donbass must end right there in liberated Crimea in the liberated Donbass cities . When our troops reached the Ukrainian state border . We have always kept the skull in mind we don’t forget this in addition to the plans of the Ukrainian forces on Crimea ,
The Russian side also made a change in the military command system in the statement shared by the Russian ministry of defense . It was announced that the chief of general staff Valerie Gerasimo was appointed to command the troops in Ukraine . The Russian ministry announced the appointment of chief of general staff Valerie Gerasimov to the joint military forces
Command which includes troops in Ukraine. The statement said that the a new assignment was made to strengthen the command of the Russian army in Ukraine and to increase communication between Russians army units . The Russian ministry also stated that air and space forces commander Sergey Sorovicin land forces commander Oleg Salyukov and deputy
chief general stuff Alexei Kim will assume the assistantship of Gerasimo in the special military operations zone . Russian defense minister Sergey Shoiko signed a decree in October last year that appointed the commander of the Russian air and space force Sergey Sarovicin to head the special military units in Ukraine in the statement shared by the Russian ministry of defense .
The news that general Sergey Sarovicin was appointed as the commander of the combined forces in the special military operation zone by the decision of the Russian defense minister gave Moscow hope for the Ukraine war known as ruthless with his air operations orders in the war in Syria Sorovicin also played a critical role in the military operation in Ukraine.
Moscow is now focused on what Valerie Drosimov will do on the battlefield. On the other hand Zelensky stripped four politicians of citizenships including Medvechuk Ukrainian president Zelensky stripped four pro-Russian politicians of citizenships including the Ukrainian politician Victor Medvechuk who was sent to Russia through turkey mediation attempts after Russia war
in Ukraine pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Victor Medwachuk was detained by Ukrainian intelligence in April last year on charges of treason known for his closeness to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Medwachuk was sent to Russia last September after Turkey efforts to media a prisoners exchange between Russia an Ukraine . Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky
announced that pro-Russian opposition politicians Andre Durkach Taras Kozak Renat Guzman and Victor Madrichuk who were stripped of their citizenship.
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