Ukraine has ramped up its attacks against the strategic peninsula since launching its counteroffensive, targeting Russian infrastructure and military depots.
Ukraine has successfully targeted over a dozen key points of Russian infrastructure throughout the Crimean Peninsula as Kyiv forges onward with its counteroffensive efforts to reclaim Moscow-occupied territory.
According to a map compiled by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukraine has struck 13 Russian targets on the peninsula over the past three months. Kyiv launched its counteroffensive in early June, and has made slow but steady progress in reclaiming territory in the southern and eastern portions of the country. One of its biggest targets, however, has been homing in on Crimea, a strategic base for Russia’s military operations since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
On Friday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that it has successfully carried out a missile strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Command headquarters in Sevastopol, a city in southern Crimea.
