In Ukraine, the armed forces announced this Sunday March 24 that they had struck the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, in Crimea. The attack reportedly sank two amphibious ships and destroyed a command center. A new blow for Moscow, and a new illustration of kyiv’s strategy: striking far behind the front line to weaken and disorganize the opposing army.
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With our correspondent in kyiv, Peter Alonso
While it finds itself in difficulty on the front, where it strengthens its defense lines to stop Russian advances, theUkraine increases operations far from combat zones. Latest example: this spectacular attack carried out last night in Crimea, against the Black Sea Fleet.
So, this is not the first time that kyiv has struck the occupied peninsula; THE Yamal and theAzov, the two amphibious ships affected, have joined the already long list of Russian boats sunk over the past two years. But Ukraine seems determined to emphasize these in-depth attacks.
This strategy, known as “a thousand cuts”, aims to disrupt the logistics of Russia. This is the aim of the strikes in the Belgorod border region, which also have a psychological effect by “bringing” the war to Russian territory.
At the same time, kyiv is attacking the sources of revenue of the Russian state, by targeting oil installations. Again on Saturday morning, drones targeted refineries in the Samara region, nearly 1,000 kilometers from the border.
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