Full fire control over Russian-occupied Crimea is ‘a matter of time’ – Zelenskyy
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Ukraine’s current long-range capabilities are not capable of providing full fire control over Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during the second Crimean Platform parliamentary summit in Prague on Oct. 24.
"There is no security base and no reliable logistic route for Russian terrorists in occupied Crimea and on the occupied parts of the Black Sea and Azov coasts,” he explained.
“So far we have not achieved full fire control over Crimea and the adjacent waters. But it will happen. It is only a matter of time.”
Ukraine has conducted a number of operations in Crimea in recent months, with many successful strikes. Russia often alleges drone attacks on its infrastructure on the peninsula, local Telegram channels report explosions in the region, and Russian authorities are frequently forced to close access to the Kerch Bridge which connects Crimean to the Russian mainland.
Ukraine’s SBU security service, in conjunction with the Ukrainian Navy, conducted an operation targeting a Russian Buyan-M class cruise missile carrier and a patrol ship, the Pavel Derzhavin, using experimental maritime drone weaponry, the Sea Baby, NV sources reported on Oct. 13. The Navy later clarified that there was no confirmation of damage to the missile carrier, but confirmed damage to the Nikolai Muru rescue tugboat.
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