For several months, Ukrainian partisans regularly record the efforts of the Russian occupying forces to prepare for the defense of Crimea.
How the Russians are preparing for the defence of Crimea
According to the partisans, the occupiers take seriously the possibility of the Defense Forces of Ukraine approaching the peninsula.
Thus, for months, the partisans recorded the occupiers' systematic efforts to prepare for Crimea's defence. Namely:
creation of fire points;
building of new and strengthening the old fortifications;
"territorial defence" is created;
increased number of patrols.
What is happening in Crimea
In general, explosions are heard more and more often in Crimea. Our defenders have already conducted dozens of operations on the peninsula and in the Black Sea, destroying Russian bases, warehouses and ships.
So, on December 21, explosions were heard in Kerch, and smoke was noticed in the Industrial Highway area. There is a sizeable military and industrial plant named "Albatross". According to the latest information, it was abandoned and was not used.
Also, on the night of December 26, the Ukrainian Air Force launched a missile attack on the large landing ship "Novocherkassk", which was in the port of Feodosia. As a result of the impact, the ship was destroyed.
Later, the AFU StratCom stated that a command post of the Russian occupying forces was hit near occupied Sevastopol on January 4.
The Crimean partisans discovered that this attack eliminated a Russian colonel. Pro-Kremlin propagandists acknowledged the elimination of 23 occupiers, including five officers.