2023-04-26 07:03:16
Since the beginning of the Russian war in February 2022, the Ukrainian forces carried out a rare and dangerous step, a double attack by sea and air, near Crimea, especially the outer part of the port of the Gulf of Sevastopol.
The Ukrainian attack led to Moscow announcing the suspension of maritime traffic in Sevastopol, where the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet is located, following intercepting Ukrainian attacks by planes and drone boats.
Crimea once more
Kiev has announced many times in recent months that returning Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014 to Ukrainian territory, is among its main goals in the war. Here, Oleg Zhdnov, a military analyst at the Ukrainian National Institute for Studies, says that Kiev’s goals in Crimea are in line with the American vision that does not Opposed to the liberation of the five territories annexed by Russia.
Oleg Zhdnov explained, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that Crimea since the beginning of the war has been a major target for Kiev, referring to the operation to target the Kerch Bridge in the middle of last year, which was a great shock to Moscow, as he described it.
The military analyst at the Ukrainian National Institute for Studies confirmed that the tense situation around Crimea and the Black Sea Fleet puts Moscow under constant pressure, given that this region is the safe logistical headquarters for Russia in its war once morest Ukraine, and the presence of attacks in that region makes the situation more complicated for the Kremlin, and it will also make it difficult to Russian advances or attempts, especially in the southern front.
By seizing Crimea in 2014, which represents 4.5 percent of Ukrainian territory, Russia also regained the great port of Sebastopol, where it has had a military fleet since the eighteenth century, which provides it with an exit door to the Black Sea, and from there to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. .
Attack details
- The governor of the city of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvogaev, confirmed that the Russian Black Sea Fleet repelled an attack by drones and boats on the outer part of the port of Sevastopol, where the attack took place in two parts.
In the first part, Kiev relied on marching boats to attack the naval vessels of the Russian fleet stationed in Sevastopol. - The second part of the attack was minutes later by means of booby-trapped drones that tried to target the headquarters of the naval fleet on the ground (in depth).
- He pointed out that the defenses of the Black Sea Fleet responded to the air and sea attacks, as a Ukrainian marching ship and a boat were destroyed, while a second boat exploded on its own; Razvogaev pointed out that the Ukrainian attempt failed in the air and sea, and no loss of life or property was recorded.
Will Ukraine succeed?
Vorogtsov Starikov, a Russian researcher at the “Volsk” military institution, ruled out that Ukraine is planning more effective attacks around Crimea at the present time.
Vorogtsov Starikov explained, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the recent attack did not record any losses, whether military or human, as the attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the Kiev forces, which suffered heavy losses in the east and are still suffering in the south as well.
The Russian researcher at the “Volsk” military institution attributed Ukraine’s inability to launch an attack on Crimea for several reasons, including:
- Kiev attacks the unfortified Russian positions and the headquarters of the naval fleet from the outside, not the depth.
- For years, Russia has deployed a complete defense system inside the Crimean peninsula, which makes it difficult to storm it.
- Ukraine does not have enough long-range missiles to pave the way for entering Crimea by targeting Russian defences.
- Washington has so far been reluctant to provide Kiev with such weapons because it knows the seriousness of the situation.
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