According to Zelensky, isolating Crimea and weakening Russia’s military potential is “extremely important for Ukraine because it will allow us to reduce the number of attacks from this region,” the Ukrainian president said in an interview.
“Our goal is to take further successful steps in the Black Sea, continue our successes in Crimea in the south, defend the east and save Kharkov,” Zelensky said.
According to the president, successful operations in Crimea and the Black Sea will be “an example for the world.” Their success, according to Zelenskyj, will also have a direct impact on the decline in support for the Kremlin’s actions.
“The loss of the naval bases that Russia has had for 240 years would be a huge shame for Putin.”
According to the Ukrainian president, Russia’s loss of Crimea, which is an important point of Kremlin propaganda, would demonstrate that “thousands of Russian officers died only because of Putin’s ambitions.”
Kiev recently carried out a series of major attacks in Crimea. In August, Ukraine fired on several bridges in the north of the peninsula. In mid-September the Ukrainian army destroyed the landing ship “Minsk” and the submarine “Rostov on Don” in the port of Sevastopol. A few days later, in the same city on the Crimean peninsula, a serious attack occurred on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet.
Planet Labs via AP/East News Smoke rises from the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters building in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023. The building was hit by a missile attack by the Ukrainian army
Then, at the end of December, the Armed Forces of Ukraine They sank the landing ship Novocherkassk in the Crimean port of Feodosia.
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According to data published by the British authorities, a fifth of the Russian fleet has been destroyed in the last four months alone.
Losing the naval bases that Russia has had for 240 years would be a huge shame for Putin.
“Russia needs to realize that this is a military facility for us.”
Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist that the speed and success of the military campaign depends on the military support Ukraine will receive from its Western partners.
The fact is that the Ukrainian president has repeatedly asked Germany for Taurus cruise missiles. Due to their range and ability to explode deep inside the target, these missiles could be decisive for the course of Ukrainian military operations.
Ukraine could use Taurus missiles to destroy the Crimean Bridge, which is the apple of Putin’s eye. The construction of this infrastructure cost the Russian Federation approximately 3.6 billion euros (PLN 15,560 million). Destruction of the bridge would isolate Crimea from Russia.
“Russia must realize that this is a military facility for us,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist.
2024-01-07 12:27:32
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