Vladimir Putin: Ukraine's response in Crimea has a "major psychological effect" on the leader
More than half of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet warplanes were taken out of service last week following a series of explosions at the Saky military airfield in western Crimea< /p>
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Crimea: Strike hits Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol
Successful attacks on Russian bases and ammunition depots in annexed Crimea had a “significant psychological effect on Russian leaders” in the Kremlin, Western officials said.
Six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, the attacks on Crimea - the peninsula that Moscow annexed to Ukraine in 2014 but still recognizes as Ukrainian Westerners - have intensified.
More than half of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet fighter jets were taken out of service last week following a series of explosions at the Saky military airfield in the Russian capital. western Crimea.
On Saturday, Russian targets were reportedly attacked in Sevastopol, home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and more drone attacks were reported overnight in Crimea, including one on an air base.
>The bombings also sabotaged Putin's attempts to hide the true horrors of the conflict from the public, as thousands of Russian tourists vacationing in Crimea fled the peninsula when they witnessed explosions.
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Social networks/NEWS EAST2WEST)An official said: "Ukraine is now consistently getting kinetic effects far behind Russian lines.
"We have seen this in at least three cases in occupied Crimea, an area that Russia previously viewed as a secure base area playing a major role in activating the occupation.
"The incidents had a material effect on Russia's logistical support, but equally important, there is a significant psychological effect on Russian leadership."
Russia always thought that Crimea would be untouchable during the war and safe from Ukrainian attacks, hence tons of people vacationing there.
More than half of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet warplanes were taken out of service last week following a series of explosions at the Saky military airfield in western Crimea< /p>
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Crimea: Strike hits Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol
Successful attacks on Russian bases and ammunition depots in annexed Crimea had a “significant psychological effect on Russian leaders” in the Kremlin, Western officials said.
Six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, the attacks on Crimea - the peninsula that Moscow annexed to Ukraine in 2014 but still recognizes as Ukrainian Westerners - have intensified.
More than half of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet fighter jets were taken out of service last week following a series of explosions at the Saky military airfield in the Russian capital. western Crimea.
On Saturday, Russian targets were reportedly attacked in Sevastopol, home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and more drone attacks were reported overnight in Crimea, including one on an air base.
>The bombings also sabotaged Putin's attempts to hide the true horrors of the conflict from the public, as thousands of Russian tourists vacationing in Crimea fled the peninsula when they witnessed explosions.
Picture:
Social networks/NEWS EAST2WEST)An official said: "Ukraine is now consistently getting kinetic effects far behind Russian lines.
"We have seen this in at least three cases in occupied Crimea, an area that Russia previously viewed as a secure base area playing a major role in activating the occupation.
"The incidents had a material effect on Russia's logistical support, but equally important, there is a significant psychological effect on Russian leadership."
Russia always thought that Crimea would be untouchable during the war and safe from Ukrainian attacks, hence tons of people vacationing there.
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