The Kinburn Spit. Stock photo: Radio Liberty

Ukraine's Navy has said that the Kinburn Spit is currently a combat zone and it remains strategically important for Russian forces.

Source: Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for Ukraine's Navy, in a comment to Suspilne Mykolaiv, a regional branch of Ukraine's national public broadcaster in Mykolaiv Oblast

Quote: "What we are seeing now is the process of destroying Russian logistics. This is a consistent process that has been going on not for the first year and not even for one month. But as of now, the Kinburn Spit is a combat zone."

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