A flurry of conflicting official and unofficial narratives about what had happened at Saki Air Base in Crimea spread across the internet and in the media following Tuesday's explosions.
could be used against land targets – a bizarre, if not impossible, employment for such a weapon.
The Ukrainian defense ministry sharpened the point of the message, taking the moment as an opportunity to mock Russian forces on Twitter, saying: “The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine would like to remind everyone that the presence of occupying troops on the territory of Ukrainian Crimea is not compatible with the high tourist season.”
A primary goal of such an information campaign would be to chip away at Russian propaganda saying that the war was going smoothly and there was nothing to worry about. Indeed, a “Crimean beach holiday” is a common aspirational vacation for many Russians, while the belief that Sevastopol and the peninsula are historically tied to Russia is pervasive, even across layers of society thought to eschew the official line.
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