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Why Ukrainian strikes on annexed Crimea are a blow to Putin

Why Ukrainian strikes on annexed Crimea are a blow to PutinPhoto: BBC World

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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Originally published by BBC World. Summary and curation by DutyStation.ai.

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