Demilitarization of 🇷🇺army goes on. Two new attacks on 🇷🇺 air basis and arms depots, namely in Dzhankoy and near #Symferopol, capital of 🇺🇦Autonomous Republic of #Crimea, occupied by #Russia since 2014. Some thoughts on significance of these attacks and recents blasts in Crimea🧵
1)Crimea doesn’t differ from military targets in occupied parts of Kherson, Zaporizhzhya or Donbas. It’s NOT Russian territory, just another occupied part of 🇺🇦. RU is shocked (both Kremlin and citizens), that Crimea isn’t untouchable for UA. 2/
2) Political effect of these attacks is even much bigger than military. Crimea must be returned to UA, #Russia must withdraw. UA loudly said after 24.02, that it will struggle for deoccupation of its entire territory. Now we see practical implementation of this goal. 3/
3) Ukraine has strong staff for special operations, including those in enemy’s hinterland. Enforced by skilled partisan network, this highly-professional special missions’ elite makes RU nervous and shows that RU Federal Security Service (FSB) is overestimated. 4/
4) Russians, who settled in Crimea after occupation, are massively trying to leave the peninsula. And that’s another fundamental shift: destruction of idea that Putin’s system, RU army and power of the state are omnipotent. And…⬇️ 5/
5) Idea that there will be no victory will be strengthening among ordinary Russians, at least in bordering with UA regions. Delegitimization of dictators always starts like that. 6/
6) Overall, Ukraine has made another “impossible” thing: made it clear that Russian “red lines” drawn on 🇺🇦sovereign map is nothing to us, we fight for independence in borders of 1991 7/
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