Russia feels pain of Ukraine long-range strikes • FRANCE 24 English
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A couple of weeks back, we asked if the tide was turning in Ukraine. Short version: a little with a disclaimer: it's hard cutting through the fog of war. Now, we're beginning to wonder if Crimea could be back in play. Kyiv’s new line of longer-range missiles and drones wreaking havoc on fuel and power supplies. And while Russia continues to inch forward in other frontline flashpoints, the peninsula occupied in 2014 by Vladimir Putin’s little green men has never looked so vulnerable. A Ukrainan offensive still seems like a pipe dream. Instead, is the current pressure a way to force concessions out of a Kremlin forced to admit what’s all over Russian social media, that gas stations all over are running on empty because of those long-range strikes? Will Vladimir Putin compromise or double down? And what do Crimeans themselves want? Most seemed happy to vote yes in a referendum to rejoin a Russia they only left in 1954. More broadly, what consequences for the entire Black Sea region wh
Tags: crimea, fuel, putin, refineries, russia, ukraine, zelensky
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