Ukraine has ramped up missile and drone strikes on occupied Crimea in recent weeks, as it attempts to land both strategic and symbolic blows against Russian forces that annexed the peninsula in 2014.
Kyiv launched an extensive assault on a Russian naval base in Sevastopol early Wednesday morning – damaging a ship and a submarine, and injuring 24 people – in what was its most ambitious strike on the port since the Moscow’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022. The next night, Russian air defenses shot down 11 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The Kremlin leader has made it clear that he intends to “reunite” Russia and Ukraine, which he sees as one country. The Kerch Bridge is a physical expression of this objective. Putin ordered the construction of the 12-mile crossing – the longest in Europe – at a cost of around $3.7 billion. The day it opened in 2018, Putin led a convoy over the bridge in a triumphant display of Russian patriotism.
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