Last month, in another blow to Putin, 's newest ship Askold was destroyed in Kerch before it became operational.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1849333/Deluded-Russia-blames-Britain-for-destruction-of-warship

Now Ukrainian forces are getting close to the narrow isthmus that connects Crimean to the mainland and the other access point, the Kerch Strait bridge in southeastern Crimea was also under constant attack.

Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20231126.aspx

Russia did not start large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure until after the truck bombing of the Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea to the Russian mainland.

Source: https://news.antiwar.com/2023/02/16/blinken-warns-attempting-to-retake-crimea-is-a-red-line-for-putin/

Tellingly, Ukraine has yet to strike the Kerch Bridge using the Storm Shadow.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/06/kyiv-strikes-key-bridge-connecting-crimea-to-mainland-ukraine.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kyiv-strikes-key-bridge-connecting-crimea-to-mainland-ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry said late Saturday that Ukrainian forces fired 15 cruise missiles at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, with at least two striking a ship and the shipyard.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10075026/ukraine-russia-award-ceremony-strike/

The tanker was hit at around 11:20 pm (2020 GMT) on Friday south of the Kerch Strait, Russia's Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport said.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-strikes-ukraine-blood-center-aeronautics-group-zelensky-4273118

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage to the Kerch Bridge, in October 2022.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-ukraine-update-ukrainian-official-hanna-maliar-official-appears-to-claim-responsibility-for-crimea-bridge-explosion/9f042392-f9c7-4782-8d19-f98db767224d

Ukraine's armed forces said they hit marine and port infrastructure at a factory in the port city of Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-latest-news-b2441553.html

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Kerch Bridge, which connects occupied Crimea to Russia, "the road that fuels the war with ammunition" while speaking to the Aspen Security Forum.

Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/07/22/ukraine-strikes-kill-six-zelensky-says-kerch-bridge-neutralize/3351690036929/

With the other key rail link - the one across the Kerch Bridge - the target of repeated Ukrainian attacks since last October, Mr Kuzan says Russia is transporting 70% of its supplies along the M-14 highway, which runs closer to the coast.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66702244?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA