JRL NEWSWATCH: “How Ukrainian shock attacks could mark the beginning of the end of Russia’s grip on Crimea” – The Telegraph (UK)

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“Twice [in one] … week, Crimea’s night skies lit up with the fiery destruction of valuable Russian military equipment. … [Ukrainian-launched] cruise missiles struck the Sevmorzavod shipyard, home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet[] … [with an] aftermath [that included] the skies over Sevastopol [being] illuminated by a burning landing ship and attack submarine. The following morning at Yevpatoriya … [there was] another fireball. … [T]he target was said to be one of Russia’s sophisticated S-400 Triumf air defence batteries. … While international attention has been on … Ukraine’s [slow,] grinding counter-offensive through the trenches and minefields of Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut, military analysts say another prong of Ukraine’s broad campaign is striking Crimea from afar[, 150 miles behind enemy lines]. Kyiv appears to be stepping up attacks on Russian naval targets … in Crimea and the … Black Sea. The peninsula, … occupied since 2014, remains a key [Ukrainian] objective … for its symbolic significance … [and] practical importance in supporting and supplying Russia’s invasion force. …”

Click here for: “How Ukrainian shock attacks could mark the beginning of the end of Russia’s grip on Crimea; Kyiv appears to be targeting Putin’s naval assets to shift the balance of power in the air and at sea” – The Telegraph (UK)/ Ben Farmer