Satellite photo show Russian fortifications in northern Crimea
Images from March 21 show fortifications near the village of Sovkhozne, Krasnoperekopsk district, Crimea (Photo:Brady Africk/Twitter)
Russian forces continue to dig trenches and install concrete fortifications in the north of occupied Crimea, as seen on satellite images published on April 11.
Brady Africk, responsible for media relations at the Foreign and Defense Policy Studies department of American Enterprise Institute (AEI), posted the images on Twitter, along with a detailed description of the fortifications.
The satellite photos, dated March 21, show defensive structures built in Crimea’s Krasnoperekop District.
“Russia's new defenses in Crimea contain rows of dragon’s teeth and freshly dug trenches,” said Africk.
Earlier reports have shown that Mosco ordered trenches dug along Crimea’s south-western coastline, near Yevpatoria. It’s unclear what they are meant to accomplish, given that the Ukrainian military has little to no amphibious landing capability.
At the end of January, the former commander of U.S. forces in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges, said that the fight for Crimea would become a key point in Russia’s war against Ukraine, and predicted that Ukraine could create the conditions for the final liberation of the peninsula in the next few months.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier said that Russia's war against Ukraine should end with the liberation of Crimea – just as it began with its occupation.
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