#Russian occupation
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![Smoke rising in Yalta, temporarily occupied Crimea, on August 7, 2026.]( "Smoke rising in Yalta, temporarily occupied Crimea, on August 7, 2026.")
![Illustrative image. Magura sea drones are seen during their presentation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on an undisclosed date in May, 2025.]( "Illustrative image. Magura sea drones are seen during their presentation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on an undisclosed date in May, 2025.")
![Ukraine Changed the Battle for Crimea. Russia Is Running Out of Ways In]( "Ukraine Changed the Battle for Crimea. Russia Is Running Out of Ways In")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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- War in Ukraine
From military facilities to shadow-fleet oil tankers, bridges, and logistics vehicles, Ukraine is now consistently striking targets in Crimea and further isolating the peninsula from Russia.![An exterior view of the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in occupied Sevastopol shows scorch and burn marks on the building’s facade, with high-voltage electricity pylons standing in the background. (Source: SSO)]( "An exterior view of the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in occupied Sevastopol shows scorch and burn marks on the building’s facade, with high-voltage electricity pylons standing in the background. (Source: SSO)")
![Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attend a Trinity Day service led by chaplains of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region on May 31, 2026 in UNSPECIFIED, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attend a Trinity Day service led by chaplains of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region on May 31, 2026 in UNSPECIFIED, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A thermal camera feed from a Ukrainian drone tracks a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker on the water approaches to Crimea. (Source: Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine)]( "A thermal camera feed from a Ukrainian drone tracks a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker on the water approaches to Crimea. (Source: Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine)")
-b186dfce1e9af34d1717250b460518a0.jpg "Ukraine Changed the Battle for Crimea. Russia Is Running Out of Ways In")
-605be766de04ba3d21b67fb76a76786a.jpg "Joseph Place")
