Celebrating his seizure of Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir Putin later called the peninsula an “unsinkable aircraft carrier,” hailing Russia’s return there as a symbol of revanchist ambition.
In the early years of the war, Ukraine attacked Russia’s naval headquarters in Sevastopol, expelled its warships from the ports of Crimea and turned the waters of the peninsula into a hunting ground. The post Ukraine is leading the war with Russia to Crimea, attack after attack appeared first on Diario La República.