"If they could do it, it would be a masterstroke." : Ukraine tries to isolate Crimea to weaken Putin

• The Ukrainian region of Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014.
• The Ukrainian army is now methodically attacking the infrastructure connecting the peninsula and the rest of the country in order to weaken the Russian president.
• Our journalist William de Lesseux takes stock of LCI.

Is Ukraine gradually isolating Crimea? The region has been annexed by Russia since 2014 and the Ukrainian army is now methodically attacking strategic points aiming to disrupt Moscow’s logistics on the front. On Wednesday June 10, the Ukrainian army notably launched a wave of drones against the Tchonhar bridge.

“The bridge has since been largely destroyed and impassable. However, it allows you to cross a key strait between the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea“, specifies our journalist William de Lesseux on LCI, in a sequence to be found in the video at the top of this article.

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Ukrainian tactics since the end of May are considered consistent. Four bridges were thus targeted to isolate Crimea and cut it off from the occupied region south of Kherson. By doing this, “Ukraine has cut off an entire supply route for the Russians who must now pass further south and further east“, adds the journalist. Strangled in this way, Russian logistics are slowed down. Especially since the army also had to deal with the loss of transport capacity on the railways.

The railway tracks have indeed also been hit by Ukraine in recent days. However, an obstacle remains before talking about a blockade of Crimea: the Kerch Strait bridge, which connects the territory annexed to Russia. Hit several times by the Ukrainians, with varying degrees of success, the bridge was not damaged significantly enough to have an impact. “If they could do it, it would be a masterstroke“, indicates our international editorialist Xavier de Giacomini.