Why Crimea matters: Ukrainian attacks are frightening Russian tourists and forcing Russia’s army to change tactics

The Ukrainians’ ability to strike inside Crimea, however they’re doing it, is likely forcing the Russians to draw troops away from front lines elsewhere in the conflict. "When the drone is flying to your position, there is no option but to interdict it, unless you know for sure it's a friendly," Sam Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow who studies drone warfare at the Center for a New American Security, told Grid. "So that's what the Russians are doing — they're trying to shoot down everything perceived as an unfriendly aerial system, and in the meantime, they're actually exposing where some of their strongest points are."

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