The peninsula is a key war goal for Kyiv, but liberating Crimea is expected to be costly for Ukraine.
shows an extensive web of Russian fortifications being built on the Crimean Peninsula and along its approaches from occupied southern Ukraine. Russian troops occupy a land bridge stretching from the Dnieper River to Russia's borders, with vital land links running through the occupied cities ofand Mariupol. The corridor is one of the Kremlin's few tangible successes of the war to date.
A woman walks past a huge poster depicturing a Russian soldier and a Z letter tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on April 23, 2022.Russian planners are focused on such choke points. The small town of Medvedivka, for example, sits just south of the M18's crucial bridge. There, Russian engineers have built a trench network several miles long to protect defending infantry. It is augmented by ditches designed to block and trap heavy armor and other vehicles.
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