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Ukraine’s Crimean strike marks a new stage of the war

11 August 2022

4:39 PM

11 August 2022

4:39 PM

For most Russians, the brutal realities of Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ have not really struck home. Ukraine’s attack on the Saki airbase near Novofedorivka in western Crimea on Tuesday begins to change all that, marking a new stage of the war, one with both dangers and opportunities for Kyiv.

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