In a clear night sky above the shores of Odesa, the faint glow from missiles streaks over the Black Sea.
For much of the war, it was one-way traffic, with Russia using the occupied Crimean Peninsula first as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion and then as a staging ground for routine aerial bombardments.
Ukraine, now armed with American-made precision missiles, is for the first time capable of reaching every corner of Crimea — and the missiles are increasingly flying in both directions.
It is a new strategic push as Kyiv seeks to raise the cost for Russian occupation forces that have long used the peninsula as a base of operations just off Ukraine’s southern coast.
Organizations:
Crimea —
Locations:
Odesa, Russia, Crimean, Ukraine, Crimea