A Russian soldier opened fire in Sevastopol, Russia-occupied Crimea, on August 4, killing one fellow serviceman and three civilians and wounding four others; Crimea's Moscow-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed the soldier was detained; the Moscow Times and Meduza reported the incident, which Russia's state channels carried with limited detail
Ukrainian drone strikes hit the Black Sea resort city of Gelendjik and Russia-occupied Crimea on August 3, killing 11 and wounding dozens, Russian officials said; Russia struck civilian infrastructure in Ukraine's Sumy city with guided aerial bombs the following morning, killing two children and a woman; a separate Russian strike on Mykolaiv killed one more woman
Ukrainian drones struck logistics hubs of Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, in Nevinnomyssk and Krasnodar overnight on July 22, causing large fires and injuring several people; separate strikes on occupied Crimea triggered blackouts across the peninsula and a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet was struck at Kursk's Khalino airfield
Drones hit hangars at Saky and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea overnight July 3, damaging or destroying at least seven Su-30SM and Su-24 aircraft; Ukraine says the raid is part of Zelensky's 40-day campaign to degrade Russian air power
Explosions sounded across the peninsula before dawn on June 25; Russian air defense activated over multiple sites
The sole water link between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, under Russian control since the 2014 annexation of Crimea and a flashpoint in the Russia-Ukraine war.
The 40km Black Sea peninsula at the mouth of the Dnipro-Bug estuary fell to Ukraine after a logistics strangulation campaign cut off Russian supply lines