Crimea Will Turn Into an Island, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Says
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said strikes have cut Novorossiya highway traffic by 71% and damaged every land corridor into the peninsula.
- On June 17, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian supply lines is cutting off occupied Crimea, predicting the peninsula will soon "turn into an island."
- To sustain this campaign, Fedorov announced the "Logistics Lockdown" program on May 27, directing an extra $112 million to drone units striking Russian supply routes 20 to 200 kilometers behind the front.
- Between June 7 and 13, Ukrainian drones struck the Chonhar bridge, the Henichesk Arabat Spit crossing, four bridges near Armiansk, and the Dzhankoi checkpoint; the Defense Ministry contracted 300% more Middle Strike drones this year.
- Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi, known as Madyar, reported strikes cut traffic on the Novorossiya highway by 71%; Russian-installed officials confirmed no intact bridges remain at the peninsula's land entrances.
- Fedorov noted a "direct correlation" between logistics hits and reduced Russian assault operations, warning the isolation "could lead to very unexpected consequences for the Russians," though he declined to elaborate further.
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What observers have been saying for some time has been confirmed by the Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Ukraine is systematically cutting off land communication lines between Russian troops and occupied Crimea. "Crimea is being isolated by drones," said Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. "Crimea will turn into an island in the near future."
This could have very unexpected consequences for Russians.
Defense minister says Ukraine’s drones are turning Crimea into an island
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian supply lines is cutting occupied Crimea off from the mainland, and the peninsula will soon "turn into an island," Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview published on 17 June. Fedorov's words put a cabinet minister's name to a forecast Ukraine's military has been demonstrating for weeks — every land corridor into Crimea struck, traffic on the main route down by more than two-thirds, fuel ra…
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