The Defense Forces are pressuring not only the so-called "Novorossiya" route but also other roads.
Defense forces have blocked logistics to the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was stated by Andriy Tkachuk, a major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the air of Radio NV.
"Significant problems arise – both for the military contingent and for civilians. The key for us is our ability, our successes in blocking military logistics. Because it is amusing to see the queues for gasoline as we maximize our strikes on oil refineries and add logistical blockades," Tkachuk said.
He also reacted to the information from the "Atesh" movement that the command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is preparing for evacuation from Crimea. According to him, this is unlikely to happen, as such actions would be a huge blow to the Kremlin's image.
"They will find a balance and come up with a way to solve this problem. Unfortunately, such a relocation will not take place," Tkachuk predicts.
Commenting on the strikes on the occupiers' logistics, he noted that the Defense Forces are pressuring not only the so-called "Novorossiya" route but also other roads that are important logistical chains for the Russian Federation. According to the military, such actions are already helping Ukrainian units carry out countermeasures.
In Crimea (in particular, in the bays of Sevastopol), there are currently mainly support ships and auxiliary vessels based, while the main combat units and missile carriers of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been transferred to the base in Novorossiysk. The following types of Russian ships remain on the peninsula:
Support ships: military tugs and supply vessels. Anti-sabotage boats: small vessels for guarding raids, such as anti-sabotage boats "Raptor," "Hrachonok" ("Yunarmeyets of Crimea," "Buevlyanin"). Mine-sweeping ships: basic minesweepers (for example, project 12700 "Alexandrite" and project 266-M "Akvamarin," including "Ivan Golubets").
Earlier, Zelensky called the attack by the Russian Armed Forces on the Uspensky Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra "one of the largest Russian crimes against Christian culture" and reported that Russia had attacked Kyiv with more than 60 missiles.
