{"id":1403676,"date":"2026-07-09T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1403676"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:49:38","slug":"budanov-cutting-russian-logistics-through-crimea-is-a-key-objective-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/budanov-cutting-russian-logistics-through-crimea-is-a-key-objective-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Budanov: Cutting Russian Logistics Through Crimea Is a Key Objective for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>One of Ukraine&#8217;s primary military objectives is to disrupt Russian logistics routes through temporarily occupied Crimea, which are essential for supplying Moscow&#8217;s Dnipro military grouping, Kyrylo Budanov has said.<\/p>\n   <p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>, Budanov made the remarks in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbc.ua\/rus\/news\/ultimatumom-nami-rozmovlyati-treba-interv-1783334311.html\">interview with RBC-Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOur main task now is to cut off all of this southern logistics, because the supply lines for the Dnipro grouping pass through the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and they are critically important,\u201d Budanov said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Addressing residents of occupied Crimea who consider the peninsula an integral part of Ukraine, Budanov acknowledged the hardships caused by strikes on Russian military infrastructure but stressed that the ultimate objective is the liberation of the peninsula.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI understand that, alongside the successful strikes against the enemy, people also face personal hardships. It is a fact that there is a shortage of gasoline. There are major power outages and, quite often, interruptions to the water supply, which are mostly a consequence of electricity disruptions. But all of these inconveniences serve a greater purpose, and that greater purpose is bringing Crimea back home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to Budanov, the increased intensity of Ukrainian strikes has become possible thanks to the rapid expansion of domestic defense production.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe breakthrough is in quantity. Our domestic production has reached a level that allows us to significantly increase the intensity of operations. And greater intensity makes it possible to achieve concrete results,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Budanov noted that Ukraine has long sought to disrupt Russian logistics by various means, but advances in military technology have significantly improved its ability to do so.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cNow, with the rapid development of technology\u2014which everyone can clearly see\u2014it has become easier for us to do this. Taken together, this will certainly help us. At the moment, we simply have no alternative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He also described the growing number of Russian strikes against Ukrainian fuel stations, particularly in frontline regions, as &#8220;a major problem&#8221; and said measures are being taken to address it.<\/p>\n   <p>At the same time, Budanov said he sees no indications of an emerging fuel shortage in Kyiv.<\/p>\n   <p>Earlier, a fire was reported near a major electrical substation and a railway station in the town of Saky in temporarily occupied Crimea, following Ukrainian strikes on Russian military infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelensky has also stated that Ukraine&#8217;s defense industry has reached a level of advanced weapons production that could eventually surpass Russia&#8217;s capabilities.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/bundestag-lawmaker-no-interim-status-can-replace-ukraine-s-full-eu-membership\/\">Bundestag Lawmaker: No Interim Status Can Replace Ukraine\u2019s Full EU Membership<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Ukraine&#8217;s primary military objectives is to disrupt Russian logistics routes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1345318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,55],"tags":[76,78,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1403676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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