Ukraine says it hit two Russian warships in strikes on Crimea
- March 25, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Ukraine says it hit two Russian warships in strikes on Crimea
Subject: IR
Section: Places in news
Context:
- The defense forces of Ukraine successfully hit the Azov and Yamal large landing ships, a communications center and also several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
More on news:
- Moscow-installed officials in the region reported a major Ukrainian air attack and said air defenses had shot down more than 10 missiles over the Crimean port of Sevastopol.
Areas in news:
About Black Sea
- Black Sea is an inland sea located between far-southeastern Europe and the far-western edges of the continent of Asia and the country of Turkey.
- Bordering Countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey.
- It connects to the Mediterranean Sea first through the Bosporus Strait, then through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles Strait, then south through the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Crete.
- The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
About Crimean peninsula
- The Crimean peninsula is connected on the northwest to the mainland by the “Perekop Isthmus”, a 5-mile- (8-km-) wide strip of land that has been the site of numerous battles for the control of Crimea.
- Between Crimea and the mainland to the north lies Svyash (“Putrid Sea”), a network of shallow inlets that is separated from the Sea of Azov by the Arabat Spit, a 70-mile- (113-km-) long sandbar along the eastern shore of Crimea.
- The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in 2014 and since then has been administered as two Russian federal subjects – the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol.
About Sea of Azov:
- The Sea of Azov is an inland shelf sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow Strait of Kerch, and is sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea.
- The sea is bounded by Russia on the east, and by Ukraine on the northwest and southwest, currently under Russian occupation.