Moscow Moves to Replace Crimea Air Defense Command After 'Accumulated Losses,' Partisans Report

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A commission from Moscow has arrived in occupied Sevastopol to inspect Russia’s air defense units after what the partisan movement Atesh described as systematic losses in occupied Crimea. Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 and has since turned the peninsula into one of its key military hubs for operations against Ukraine, using it to launch missiles, deploy aircraft, base naval forces, and maintain layered air defense systems intended to shield both occupied southern territories and the