Zelenskyy says Russian naval assets no longer safe in Black Sea near Crimea

Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a diplomatic forum in Prague (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Ukraine’s president has claimed that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea, as Kyiv’s troops look to squeeze the Kremlin’s occupying forces out of the Crimean Peninsula.

Crimea provides rear support for Moscow’s battlefield efforts further west and has been a frequent target for Ukrainian forces during the war since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.