Crimean peninsula

11 Nov 2024 13:02:39 pm

Tags : Crimean peninsula

Topic: Europe

Why in the news?

Kyiv forces had struck a large oil terminal overnight on the occupied Crimean peninsula as Moscow claimed the capture of another village in east Ukraine.
Kyiv has ramped up strikes targeting Russia’s energy sector in recent months aiming to dent revenues used by Moscow to fund its invasion, now grinding through its third year.

Source: The Hindu

About Crimean peninsula:

It is a peninsula in Eastern Europe.
It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.
The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine.
To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia.
The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov.
Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey.
The population is 2.4 million, and the largest city is Sevastopol.
It has been under Russian occupation since 2014.

Sea of Azov:

It is an inland shelf sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about 4 km. ) Strait of Kerch, and sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea.
It is bounded by Russia on the east, and by Ukraine on the northwest and southwest (the parts of Ukraine bordering the sea are currently under Russian occupation).
It is an important access route for Central Asia, from the Caspian Sea via the Volga–Don Canal.

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