On August 25, 2023, a strike was launched on the 126th separate guards coastal defense brigade of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, which is headquartered in the temporarily occupied Crimea’s village of Perevalne.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the signing of a memorandum with a number of leading companies on their work in Crimea after the de-occupation of the peninsula.
The actions of Ukraine’s Defense Forces will not be limited to strikes on the temporarily occupied Crimea as an actual ground operation is part of the plan.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine confirmed the defense intelligence group suffered no losses during the special operation to land in the temporarily occupied Crimea, while emphasizing that it is too early to talk about the liberation of the peninsula.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed that their missiles hit two bridges, Chonhar and Henichesk, connecting the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Russia’s occupation administrations reported the strikes targeting two bridges between mainland Ukraine’s Kherson region and Crimea – the Chonhar bridge and structures across the Tonka Strait, which connects Kherson region’s Henichesk with Arabatska Spit.
Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov has expressed confidence that Ukrainian forces will soon enter the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol is investigating 127 criminal proceedings on the facts of illegal deprivation of liberty of persons for their pro-Ukrainian position or participation in relevant events.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has an idea to create in Crimea, after the peninsula is liberated, a project similar to the U.S.-based Silicon Valley, the world's leading center of high-tech companies.
A traffic jam of more than five kilometers has formed in the temporarily occupied Kherson region due to motorists leaving the temporarily occupied Crimea.