TURNING CRIMEA INTO AN ISLAND

Ukraine is cutting the peninsula off from Russia one bridge, depot, and ferry at a time — and the squeeze is starting to show.

By Brian Bullock | Everyone Knows | brianbullockwriter.com

For most of this war, occupied Crimea has been Russia’s safe rear. It is where the Black Sea Fleet docks, where supplies stage, and where the Kremlin launches operations into southern Ukraine. As of this week, that safety is slipping away, and it is not happening by accident.

Overnight on June 21, Ukraine’s Security Service, its Unmanned Systems Forces, its military intelligence directorate, and its Special Operations Forces struck occupied Crimea and the Russian mainland across the Kerch Strait in a single coordinated wave of long-range drone strikes. The targets were not random. They were the things that keep Crimea fed, fueled, and defended.

The Strikes