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Why Ukrainian strikes on annexed Crimea are a blow to Putin

World | 2026-07-06 at 06:00 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford explains why Crimea is a target for Kyiv, and why the peninsula matters to Vladimir Putin.
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