
Ukrainian Defense Official Claims Responsibility for Crimea Bridge Attack
While last October’s act of sabotage was widely celebrated in Ukraine, up until now Kyiv officials had never openly claimed responsibility.

While last October’s act of sabotage was widely celebrated in Ukraine, up until now Kyiv officials had never openly claimed responsibility.

Lu remarked that, as former Soviet countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have no “effective status” as sovereign countries in international law.

In the aftermath, it is doubtful whether Moscow will experience much impediment to its war’s prosecution. However, to Ukraine it is both a symbolic and political victory, as it helps to raise confidence in its western backers.

Ukraine has coyly neither accepted nor denied responsibility for the explosions that startled tourists at the beach.

Medvedev’s latest threat comes one day after an official at Ukrainian military intelligence suggested using HIMARS missiles against Crimea.

Should the Kremlin act as the aggressor, sanctions would be imposed, Jens Stoltenberg said. These would likely be limited to economic sanctions and additional defensive deployments to NATO’s eastern flank.

Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 after a military invasion.

It seems obvious that Russia, as it is now, cannot be an ally of the West. Perhaps in the future the Ukrainian government will be able to rebuild proper relations with Russia while protecting its boundaries. But this currently seems doubtful.