russian military bloggers widely criticized the russian MoD and russia’s occupation authorities in Crimea for failing to prevent the strike and sufficiently protect russian civilians.
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), russian sources criticized the authorities for not utilizing air raid sirens.
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Footage and imagery indicate that russian forces have been stationing military equipment in civilian areas in Crimea since the start of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
russian authorities have irresponsibly encouraged russian tourism to occupied Crimea during wartime while the russian military continues to leverage the occupied peninsula as a rear staging area.
The ISW reminded that russian troops purposefully stations military targets nearby civilian areas in Crimea in an effort to deter Ukrainian strikes. russian forces have been recorded leveraging the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and schools in occupied mainland Ukraine to shield russian military equipment.
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