There's been a strong uptick in strikes on Crimea, as Ukraine shifts focus once
again on providing some tangible media victory to crown Zelensky's big North
American tour. This is done to keep him from looking bad when put on the spot
during his all-important and perhaps final alms circuit.

The Black Sea theater in general has escalated so it would be instructive to dig
into that a little more in depth and bring us up to speed on what's been
happening in that corridor of late.

There are several distinct categories, most notably attacks targeting the naval
assets and those targeting the static land-based assets like HQs and Russian air
defense batteries. The attacks have been stronger and perhaps even more
successful than many in the pro-Russian sphere would like to admit, as there
have been a couple that went by under the radar, and which the Russian MOD has
done a thorough job of sweeping under the table.
-- Cont'd at https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/analysis-of-ukraines-escalating-crimean