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Hitting Russia where it hurts: Ukraine tightens the noose around Crimea (www.politico.eu)

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Kyiv is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to keep the peninsula supplied.

Ukraine is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to hang on to illegally annexed Crimea thanks to an ongoing campaign that's targeting air defenses, rail links and water connections.

The latest blows were struck on Friday, when a joint Ukrainian navy and army operation hit a ferry crossing and oil terminal at the port of Kavkaz, located on the Russian side of the Kerch Strait that divides Crimea from Russia, Ukraine’s general staff said in a statement.

Hours earlier, Ukrainians hit the Crimean side of the Kerch ferry crossing — damaging two rail ferries, the Avanguard and the Conro Trader, that are crucial to Russia's ability to keep Crimea supplied.

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[-] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

Great, Slavi Ukrainian! Godspeed guys, keep it up!

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

The war began in Crimea years ago, and it will have to end there.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

KYIV — Ukraine is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to hang on to illegally annexed Crimea thanks to an ongoing campaign that's targeting air defenses, rail links and water connections.

That means Russia cannot use it for military logistics like transporting heavy armored vehicles, Ukrainian navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk told POLITICO.

That is forcing Russia to rely on road and rail links across occupied Ukraine — which puts trains and trucks into easier range of Ukrainian attack.

“Considering the fact that the railway line Russians are building through the occupied territories of Ukraine is not finished yet, this civil ferry was their army’s main logistics route,” Pletenchuk said.

The Russian defense ministry reported shooting down five anti-ship Neptune missiles and 29 drones over the Krasnodar region, saying that it managed to prevent a “Ukrainian terroristic attack.”

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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Fuck the blyats.

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