Russians are realising Crimea is ‘not a place for them’, says Zelenskiy

“Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said that panicking Russians have realised that Crimea is ‘not a place for them’ after three mysterious and devastating strikes on the peninsula over the past week, thought to have been carried out by Ukrainian operatives. In his latest video address Zelenskiy said long queues of cars streaming across the Crimea Bridge leading to the Russian mainland proved that the ‘absolute majority’ of Russian citizens had got the message. At least 38,000 cars crossed on Tuesday – a record. The mass exit came after an ammunition dump and electricity sub-station blew up near the town of Dzhankoi, a significant railway hub. Another apparent Ukrainian strike took place outside the regional capital Simferopol, where a Russian airbase was destroyed. ...”

In this image taken from video provided by the RU-RTR Russian television on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, smoke rises over the site of  an explosion near the village of Mayskoye, Crimea. 

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