Kremlin spox says no grounds for peace agreement with Ukraine Dmitry Peskov, the spox of President, said that Russia does not plan to occupy any other territories of Ukraine except for five Ukrainian regions (including Crimea), which it has annexed.

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What will Ukraine attack once supply routes to Crimea are degraded … we can only guess, but I believe the longer term strategy of Ukraine is to make Crimea impossible to reapply from Russia 10X

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Third, Ukrainian attacks of naval assets, aligns with the strategy to disrupt Russian logistics and defenses. Similar tactics were applied during operations in Kharkiv and Kherson in 2022, but now strikes are reaching deeper into Russian territory and involving maritime targets 9

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These warnings backed up by the naval attacks could discourage commercial shipping and merchant activity to and from Russia in the Black Sea 8/

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This appears to be a response to the Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and disruption of the grain deal. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense later tweeted, "Two can play that game," likely referring to Russia's persistent strikes on Odesa's port infrastructure. 7/

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Second, Ukrainian officials warned mariners of potential strikes near Russia's Black Sea ports. On August 4, the Ukrainian State Hydrographic Service issued a "military threat" notice for areas near the ports of Taman, Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, and Sochi 6/

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What does it mean? First, the location of the tanker, in proximity to the Kerch Strait Bridge, suggests a larger strategy to disrupt Russian logistics in southern Ukraine and hamper the operations of ships supporting Russian military forces 5/

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B. Yesterday Ukraine attacked a Russian oil tanker, the SIG, under US sanctions for supplying jet fuel to Russian forces in Syria. The strike was conducted with a naval drone near the Kerch Strait Bridge 3/

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