Russia reports it has opened a land corridor with occupied Crimea

IRYNA BALACHUK — TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 2022, 13:33

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says the Russian invaders have opened a land connection between Russia and occupied Crimea through the temporarily occupied southern oblasts of Ukraine.

Source: Russian propaganda publication RIA Novosti

Quote from Shoigu: "A road connection has been opened by way of the mainland from the territory of Russia to Crimea."

Details: He also added that the occupiers ‘had created the necessary conditions’ for the resumption of railway traffic between Russia, occupied Donbas, Ukraine and Crimea in 6 areas.

Background:

• Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February.
• As of early June, the occupiers had seized most of Luhansk and Kherson oblasts, and partly Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv oblasts of Ukraine.